Conus sydneyensis

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Conus sydneyensis

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus sydneyensis Sowerby, G.B. III, 1887
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. sydneyensis
Binomial name
*Conus sydneyensis* G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
Synonyms^[1]
Austroconus sydneyensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1887) Conus (Austroconus) sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 · accepted, alternate representation Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, 1961

Conus sydneyensis 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, therefore live ones should not be handled at all, except by qualified federal animal control personnel.

Description

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Length of the shell varies between 21mm and 35mm, weighs medium with slightly convex or straight sides.^[2]

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

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^ ^a ^b Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
^ "Conus sydneyensis". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249–279, pls 29–36.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
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

External links

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The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Austroconus sydneyensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers
Conus sydneyensis	Wikidata: Q1609514 AFD: Conus_(Austroconus)_sydneyensis CoL: XYDJ GBIF: 5795695 iNaturalist: 432221 IRMNG: 11360174 IUCN: 192832 OBIS: 428378 SeaLifeBase: 155612 WoRMS: 428378

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