Conus kiicumulus

Conus kiicumulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. kiicumulus
Binomial name
Conus kiicumulus (Azuma, 1982)
Synonyms[1]
Asprella kiicumulus (Azuma, 1982) Conus nebulosus Azuma, M., 1973 (renamed) Conus (Phasmoconus) kiicumulus (Azuma, 1982) · accepted, alternate representation Graphiconus kiicumulus (Azuma, 1982) Phasmoconus kiicumulus (Azuma, 1982) Rhizoconus kiicumulus Azuma, 1982 (original combination) Rhizoconus nebulosus Azuma, 1973 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Conus nebulosus Gmelin, 1791, and several others; Rhizoconus kiicumulus Azuma, 1982 is a replacement name)

Conus kiicumulus 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

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 41 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus kiicumulus (Azuma, 1982). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430447 on 2015-05-27

• 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

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Graphiconus kiicumulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.