''Conus judaeus'' 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 ...

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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 ...

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and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Conus judaeus'' Bergh, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428166 on 2012-01-21 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 attains 32 mm. This species is extremely similar to ''

Conus ebraeus ''Conus ebraeus'', common name the black-and-white cone or Hebrew cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Conidae, the Conus, cone snails and their allies. Description The height of the shell ...

''. The two are best distinguished by close examination of the

radula The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...

r teeth.Jiménez-Tenorio, Manuel. (2016). Cone radular anatomy as a proxy for phylogeny. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.2961.8803.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

References

Bergh R., ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Coniden''; Nova Acta band LXV nr. 2; Halle, 1895
* 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

Encyclopedia of Life

World Register of Marine Species
* judaeus Gastropods described in 1895 {{Conus-stub