Conus janus
Species of sea snail
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::summary Species of sea snail ::
| taxon = Conus janus | image = Conus janus 1.jpg | image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus janus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 | authority = Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =
- Asprella janus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
- Conus latifasciatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
- Conus (Phasmoconus) janus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
- Graphiconus janus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) | display_parents = 3
Conus janus, common name the janus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Conus_janus_2.jpg" caption="''Conus janus'' Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792"] ::
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They can sting humans if handled.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 80 mm. The maculated spire is concavely elevated and striate. The narrow body whorl narrow has a rounded shoulder, and is distantly sulcate below. The shell is whitish or yellowish, indistinctly three-banded by yellowish brown or chestnut longitudinal markings.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin; off Southeast India and the Philippines.
References
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- 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
References
- {{WRMS species. 215459. ''Conus janus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. 27 March 2010
- [https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
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