''Conus acutangulus'', common name the sharp-angled cone, is a species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Conidae
Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.
The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...
, the
cone snails
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, or lines co ...
and their allies.
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
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 46 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Red Sea and in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off
Queensland, Australia.
References
* Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. ''Suite des espèces du genre Cône''. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442
* Sowerby, G.B. 1866. ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.'' London : G.B. Sowerby Vol. 3 277–331 pls 266–290
* Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. ''Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259
* Kay, E.A. 1979. ''Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca''. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
* Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. ''Tropical Pacific marine shells''. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
* Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods.'' Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
* Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. ''Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region''. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
* Tenorio M.J., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2007) ''New Indo-Pacific Conidae with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Conus recluzianus''. Visaya 2(2): 78–90.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). ''One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The ''Conus'' Biodiversity websiteCone Shells – Knights of the Sea*
Neotype at MNHN, Paris
acutangulus
Gastropods described in 1810
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