Conus amphiurgus

Conus amphiurgus

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus amphiurgus Dall, W.H., 1889

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. amphiurgus
Binomial name
*Conus amphiurgus* Dall, 1889
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Dauciconus) amphiurgus Dall, 1889 · accepted, alternate representation Conus centurio auct. non Born, 1778 Conus flamingo Petuch, 1980 Conus juliae Clench, 1942 Conus villepinii auct. non Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 Dauciconus amphiurgus (Dall, 1889) Leptoconus amphiurgus (Dall, 1889) Leptoconus juliae (Clench, 1942)

Conus amphiurgus, common name the amphiurgus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

The maximum recorded shell length is 54 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 61 m.^[2]

1 2 Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 March 2010.
1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40.
Clench, W. J. 1942. The Genus Conus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(6) 1-40.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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

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