Английская Википедия:Conus granarius

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Conus granarius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 71 mm. The spire is concavely elevated and not coronated. The body whorl is smooth and slightly striate below. It is irregularly marbled with chestnut and white, with equidistant chestnut revolving lines bearing white spots that are granularly elevated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Panama to Venezuela; off the Caribbean islands Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire.

References

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Holotype of the synonym Conus granarius panamicus Petuch, 1990 in the Smithsonian Institution

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  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus granarius Kiener, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429132 on 2015-10-03
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences