Conus rizali

Species of sea snail

Conus rizali

Apertural view of shell of Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010, measuring 29.3 mm in height, trawled at 80 fms. off Aliguay Island, in the Philippines
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. rizali
Binomial name
*Conus rizali* Olivera & Biggs, 2010
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Turriconus) rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010 · accepted, alternate representation Kurodaconus rizali (Olivera & Biggs, 2010) Turriconus rizali (Olivera & Biggs, 2010)

Conus rizali is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]^[2]

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 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 July 2011.
^ Biggs, J. S., Watkins, M. Showers Corneli, P. and Olivera, B. M. (2010). Defining a clade by morphological, molecular, and toxinological criteria: distinctive forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Nautilus 124: 1–19.

Biggs, J. S., Watkins, M. Showers Corneli, P. and Olivera, B. M. (2010). Defining a clade by morphological, molecular, and toxinological criteria: distinctive forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Nautilus 124: 1–19.
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