Conus dalli
A venomous cone snail from the Eastern Pacific.
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Conus dalli, commonly known as Dall's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous, capable of stinging humans, so live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. This species is not to be confused with † Conus dalli Toula, 1911, which is a synonym of † Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- SubclassCaenogastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyConidae
- GenusConus
- SpeciesConus dalli
Named by Stearns, 1873
Close relatives
Other species of Conus with a Codexery entry.
- Conus abbas Conus abbas
- Conus abrolhosensis Conus abrolhosensis
- Conus achatinus Conus achatinus
- Conus acutangulus Conus acutangulus
- Conus aito Conus aito
- Conus ammiralis Conus ammiralis
- Conus anabathrum Conus anabathrum
- Conus anemone Conus anemone
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Conus dalli (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 426472 (CC BY 4.0)
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC)
- LC▲ this species
- NT
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category
How big is it?
Largest length in the source, 0.08 m, next to a 1.8 m person.
Diagram: drawn by Codexery, schematic shapes to scale (not a likeness). Length: Wikipedia: Conus dalli
Where the conus dalli has been recorded
Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (281 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 20 inland records left out (institution coordinates).
Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain) · place coordinates: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Lore & Background
The shell of Conus dalli varies in adult size between 32 mm and 80 mm. The spire is indistinctly grooved, and the body whorl is obscurely spirally ribbed below.
Its coloration is yellowish brown, marked with reddish brown longitudinal stripes that are interrupted by four revolving bands of white spots, with occasional white spots on the darker surface. The interior of the aperture is rosy pink. This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific off the Galapagos Islands and from the Gulf of California to Panama, with its type locality at Islas Marias, Golfo de California.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Conus dalli (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Classification: the source article's taxobox; order, family and genus checked against WoRMS, the World Register of Marine Species (CC BY 4.0).
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List assessment.
- Occurrence records: GBIF (CC0 / CC BY). Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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