''Conus tribblei'', common name Tribble's cone, is a species of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the family
Conidae, the
cone snails 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.
This species was named after the pet cat of Jerry Walls, the original discoverer.
The subspecies ''Conus tribblei queenslandis''
da Motta, 1984: is a synonym of ''
Conus queenslandis''
da Motta, 1984
Description
The size of the shell varies between 42 mm and 138 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Japan
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,
Taiwan
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,
Vietnam
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, the
Philippines
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, the
Solomon Islands
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and Australia (
Western Australia
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).
References
* Walls, J.G. 1977. ''Two New Cones from the Western Pacific.'' The Pariah 1: 1–3
* Shikama, T. 1979. ''Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific Ocean (II)''. Science Reports of the Yokosuka City Museum 26: 1–6
* Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. ''Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region''. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
* Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) ''Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells''. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
*
External links
The ''Conus'' Biodiversity websiteCone Shells – Knights of the Sea*
tribblei
Gastropods described in 1977
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