Conus harasewychi
Shell and protoconch of Conus harasewychi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. harasewychi
Binomial name
Conus harasewychi
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) harasewychi Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Purpuriconus harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)

Conus harasewychi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

Original description: "Shell stocky, solid, broad across shoulder; shoulder somewhat rounded, distinctly coronated with large raised knobs; body whorl with numerous fine, beaded, spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger on anterior half of shell; body whorl uniformly dark mustard-yellow with thin, amorphous white band around mid-body; shoulder coronations and spire whorls white in color; anterior tip of shell and siphonal region dark brown; interior of aperture pale lavender."[2]

The size of the shell attains 26 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "North of Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach, Florida, USA."[2]

This marine species occurs off Florida and the Bahamas at a depth of 30 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus harasewychi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429441 on 2015-10-05
  2. 1 2 Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 31. Publ: CERF


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