Conus sennottorum, common name Sennett'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.
Distribution Locus typicus: "Off Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico."Danker Vink, 1985, La Conchiglia 17, The Conidae of the W. Atlantic, Part V, page 14.
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico., from West Florida to Venezuela.
Description The maximum recorded shell length is 46 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
Type material "Holotype and paratypes in United States National Museum, Washington. Also paratypes in collection Sennott. The holotype and one paratype were figured by Clench (1953: pl. 185, figs 1,2) and Abbott (1974: 255, fig. 2786)."
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 26 m. Maximum recorded depth is 106 m.
References
Rehder, H. A. and R. T. Abbott. 1951. Some new and interesting mollusks from the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Revista de la Sociedad Malacológica "Carlos de la Torre" 8: 53–66, pls. 8–9. 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 Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea