Profundiconus teramachii

Profundiconus teramachii, common name Teramachi's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1][2]

Profundiconus teramachii
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, T., 1956)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Profundiconus
Species:	P. teramachii
Binomial name
Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
Asprella (Endemoconus) teramachii Kuroda, 1956 (basionym) Asprella teramachii Kuroda, 1956 Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956) Conus torquatus Martens, 1901 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Cucullus torquatus Röding, 1798; Conus neotorquatus is a replacement name) Conus (Profundiconus) tarava Rabiller & Richard, 2014 accepted, alternate designation Leptoconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)

Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, these cone 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 varies between 50 mm and 115 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southeast Africa and the Philippines to Southern Japan, and off Queensland, Australia; also on the Tarava Seamounts off Tahiti.

Habitat

Sometimes trawled in deep water on mud.