Species of sea snail
Conus marmoreus
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A live Conus marmoreus feeding on Monetaria caputserpentis.
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Neogastropoda
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Superfamily:
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Conoidea
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Family:
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Conidae
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Genus:
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Conus
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Species:
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C. marmoreus
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Binomial name
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Conus marmoreus
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Synonyms[3]
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- Conus (Conus) marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus crosseanus Bernardi, 1861
- Conus crosseanus var. lineata Crosse, 1878 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus lineatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
- Conus maculatus Perry, 1811
- Conus marmoreus var. granulatus G.B. Sowerby I, 1839 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758)
- Conus pseudomarmoreus Crosse, 1875
- Conus (Conus) proarchithalassus Röding, P.F., 1798
- Conus suffusus Sowerby II, 1870
- Conus suffusus var. noumeensis Crosse, 1872
- Cucullus proarchithalassus Röding, 1798
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Conus marmoreus, common name the "marbled cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. It is the type species for the genus Conus. This is a species which is believed to feed mostly on marine molluscs including other cone snails.[4][3] This snail is venomous, like all cone snails.
The subspecies: Conus marmoreus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 is a synonym of Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792[3]
- ^ Kohn, A.; Raybaudi-Massilia, G.; Poppe, G.; Tagaro, S. (2013). "Conus marmoreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192701A2144744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192701A2144744.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, 10th ed., 1
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215457 on 2015-10-30
- ^ "Conus marmoreus". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2013-07-12.