Species of sea snail

Conus sulcocastaneus

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge, S., 1981
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Conidae
Genus:  | Conus
Species:  |

C. sulcocastaneus

Binomial name
Conus sulcocastaneus

Kosuge, 1981

Synonyms[1]

* Asprella sulcocastanea (Kosuge, 1981)
* Conus (Asprella) sulcocastaneus Kosuge, 1981 · accepted, alternate representation
* Conus vicdani Kosuge, 1980 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sugimotonis vicdani Lan, 1978; C. sulcocastaneus is a replacement name)

Conus sulcocastaneus 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 be handled carefully or not at all.

## Description[edit]

The size of the shell varies between 44 mm and 63 mm.

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## Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and the Marshall Islands.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge, 1981. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

* Kosuge S. (1981) Note on Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge nom. nov. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(6): 99.
* 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[edit]

* The Conus Biodiversity website
* Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
* "Asprella sulcocastanea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus sulcocastaneus.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1609982
* CoL: XYD3
* GBIF: 6509667
* iNaturalist: 432216
* IRMNG: 11706073
* IUCN: 192728
* NCBI: 2840446
* SeaLifeBase: 138538
* WoRMS: 428373

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