Conus glicksteini
Species of sea snail
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Conus glicksteini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
| Conus glicksteini | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus glicksteini (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. glicksteini |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus glicksteini Petuch, 1987 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin, delicate, with low spire; body whorl smooth and shiny, with only few weak spiral threads around anterior tip; color varying from salmon-pink to pinkish-lavender, with evenly spaced pale tan lines or rows of dots around body whorl (holotype salmon-pink with only few rows of pale tan dots around mid-body); all specimens with paler band around mid-body and around shoulder; spire whorls with numerous pale orange, thin, crescent-shaped flammules; interior of aperture pink; protoconch and early whorls bright pink in all specimens, regardless of body whorl color: aperture narrow, shoulder slightly rounded."[2]
