Conus glicksteini
Shell and protoconch of Conus glicksteini (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. glicksteini
Binomial name
Conus glicksteini
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) glicksteini Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Dauciconus glicksteini (Petuch, 1987)

Conus glicksteini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin, delicate, with low spire; body whorl smooth and shiny, with only few weak spiral threads around anterior tip; color varying from salmon-pink to pinkish-lavender, with evenly spaced pale tan lines or rows of dots around body whorl (holotype salmon-pink with only few rows of pale tan dots around mid-body); all specimens with paler band around mid-body and around shoulder; spire whorls with numerous pale orange, thin, crescent-shaped flammules; interior of aperture pink; protoconch and early whorls bright pink in all specimens, regardless of body whorl color: aperture narrow, shoulder slightly rounded."[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 22 mm.[3]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 400 feet depth off Palm Beach Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA."[4]

This marine species occurs off Eastern Florida.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 122 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 122 m.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Conus glicksteini Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 30. Publ: CERF
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  4. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 30. Publ: CERF
  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2019). Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l'expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 24: 3-31.
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