''Conus lindae'' is a species of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Conidae, the
cone snails
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and their allies.
''Conus lindae'' is the type species of the subgenus ''
Lindaconus
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'' Petuch, 2002.
Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are
predatory
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and
venomous
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. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
Original description: "Shell solid, stocky, broad across shoulder, with relatively low spire; shoulder distinctly rounded; spire whorls slightly canaliculated; body whorl shiny, highly polished, with waxy feel; aperture narrow; protoconch very large, rounded, mamillate; shell color varying from pure white(paratype, Key collection) to pale pink, overlaid with 2 bands of salmon-pink dots (holotype); wide bands of salmon-pink blotches arranged with one above mid-body and one below mid-body near anterior end; rounded shoulder and canaliculate spire whorls marked with evenly-spaced, thin, radiating, pale salmon-orange flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, smooth, yellow, translucent."
[Petuch, E.J. 1987-''New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas'', page 55. Publ: CERF]
The maximum recorded
shell
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length is 31 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Southern coast of Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas."
This marine species occurs in deep water off the
Bahamas
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.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 240 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.
References
* Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 55, plate 9, figure 9–10.
* 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.
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*
lindae
Gastropods described in 1987
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