Loading AI tools
Species of sea snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conus stupa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Conus stupa | |
---|---|
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus stupa Kuroda, T., 1956 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. stupa |
Binomial name | |
Conus stupa (Kuroda, 1956) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous; they are capable of stinging humans.
The size of the shell varies between 43 mm and 100 mm. Conus Stupa, members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Their life cycle consists of embryos developing into planktonic trochophore larvae, later into juvenile veligers, and then fully grown adults.[2]
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2019) |
This marine species occurs from Vietnam and the Philippines to Japan; off the Solomon Islands and the Loyalty Islands.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.