Conus fergusoni, common name the Ferguson's 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 60 mm and 150 mm. The heavy shell has a slightly channeled spire. The white shell is lightly striolate transversely and is covered under a brown epidermis.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 15; 1879
Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from the Gulf of California to Peru.
References
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition Petit, R. E. (2009), George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
External links The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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