Conus bullatus, common name the bubble cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

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 an adult shell varies between 42 mm and 82 mm. The thin shell is inflated and grooved below. The color of the shell is white, clouded with orange-red and chestnut, forming two ill-defined bands, with indistinct revolving rows of white and chestnut articulations. The aperture is pink.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the Indo-West Pacific (the Philippines, New Caledonia)

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External links

  • Hu H., Bandyopadhyay P. K., Olivera B. M. & Yandell M. (2011). "Characterization of the Conus bullatus genome and its venom-duct transcriptome". BMC Genomics 12: 60. doi:.
  • Ul-Hasan S, Burgess DM, Gajewiak J, Li Q, Hu H, Yandell M, Olivera BM, Bandyopadhyay PK. (2013). "Characterization of the peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) from the venom ducts of neogastropods Conus bullatus and Conus geographus." Toxicon 74: 215–224. PMID
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Gallery

  • Conus bullatus Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • Conus bullatus Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • Conus bullatus Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • Conus bullatus Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • Conus bullatus Linnaeus, C., 1758