Conus stupa

Species of sea snail

Conus stupa
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus stupa Kuroda, T., 1956
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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. stupa
Binomial name
Conus stupa
(Kuroda, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Turriconus) stupa (Kuroda, 1956) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Embrikena stupa Kuroda, 1956
  • Kurodaconus stupa (Kuroda, 1956)
  • Turriconus (Kurodaconus) stupa (Kuroda, 1956)

Conus stupa 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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 43 mm and 100 mm. Conus Stupa, members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Their life cycle consists of embryos developing into planktonic trochophore larvae, later into juvenile veligers, and then fully grown adults.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Vietnam and the Philippines to Japan; off the Solomon Islands and the Loyalty Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Conus stupa (Kuroda, 1956). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. ^ https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Conus-stupa.html, Conus stupa (Kuroda, 1956)
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.page(s): 343
  • 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus stupa.
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • "Kurodaconus stupa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Conus stupa
Embrikena stupa


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