Conus ziczac

Conus ziczac
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. ziczac
Binomial name
Conus ziczac
Mühlfeld, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) ziczac Mühlfeld, 1816 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus beddomei G. B. Sowerby III, 1901
  • Conus ziczac ziczac Mühlfeld, 1816
  • Poremskiconus beddomei (G. B. Sowerby III, 1901)
  • Poremskiconus ziczac (Mühlfeld, 1816)
  • Poremskiconus ziczac ziczac (Mühlfeld, 1816)
  • Purpuriconus ziczac (Mühlfeld, 1816)

Conus ziczac 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.

Subspecies

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 9 mm. The rather solid shell is light yellowish-brown, ornamented with large irregular white patches, which are mostly longitudinally oblong and here and there zigzag. The patches at the angle are smaller and arranged in a regular way. The growth lines form slightly waved longitudinal striae, crossed by very faint spiral ridges, which become stout and prominent towards the base. The spire is broadly conical, but little raised, and rather sharply angled. The whorls are slightly concave above the angle, separated by a well-defined impressed suture, sculptured with three rather deep spiral grooves, and crossed by numerous rather prominent oblique striae. Interior of the aperture is pink. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas and off Florida

References

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