Ecology
Habitat
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 38 - 75
Temperature range (°C): 25.857 - 27.590
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.954 - 3.610
Salinity (PPS): 34.202 - 34.451
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.008 - 4.381
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.177 - 0.392
Silicate (umol/l): 2.202 - 4.097
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 38 - 75
Temperature range (°C): 25.857 - 27.590
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.954 - 3.610
Salinity (PPS): 34.202 - 34.451
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.008 - 4.381
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.177 - 0.392
Silicate (umol/l): 2.202 - 4.097
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Conus praecellens
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conus praecellens
Conus praecellens, common name the admirable cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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.
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Description
The size of an adult cone varies between 20 mm and 63 mm. The shell is pear-shaped, broad and angulated at the shoulder, contracted towards the base. The body whorl is closely sulcate throughout, the sulci striate The intervening ridges of the rounded spire are carinate, concavely elevated, The acute apex is striate. The color of the shell is whitish, obscurely doubly banded with clouds of light chestnut, and the spire is maculated with the same.[3]
This is a variable species, yet two distinct forms are recognized: (1) sowerbii form, Reeve, 1849 (a thicker, darker, and more densely spotted form with 2 protoconch whorls), and (2) aliguay form, Olivera & Biggs, 2010 (2.5 pearly white smooth protoconch whorls, more slender, higher spire, rounded shoulders, lighter colored).[4] The sowerbii form is the most common form, and until the late 1990s was the only form typically found and in private collections.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution. It occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion, Somalia, India, West Thailand and Western Australia; in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the Philippines and Melanesia (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu).
References
- ^ Adams, A., 1854. Descriptions of New Species of the Genus Conus, from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1854: 116 -119
- ^ a b Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1855. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 August 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 74-75; 1884 (described as Conus cancellatus)
- ^ Biggs, J. S., Watkins, M. Showers Corneli, P. and Olivera, B. M. (2010). Defining a clade by morphological, molecular, and toxinological criteria: distinctive forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Nautilus 124:1-19.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
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Conus praecellens Adams, A., 1854
Conus praecellens Adams, A., 1854
Conus praecellens Adams, A., 1854
Conus praecellens Adams, A., 1854
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