| Conus bengalensis | |
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| Shell of Conus bengalensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. bengalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus bengalensis (Okutani, 1968) | |
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Conus bengalensis, common name the Bengal 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.
- Subspecies
- Conus bengalensis bengalensis (Okutani, 1968)
- Conus bengalensis robustus Tove, 2023
- Conus bengalensis sumbawaensis (Verbinnen, 2022): synonym of Conus sumbawaensis (Verbinnen, 2022) (superseded rank)
Description
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 148 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in deeper waters off the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, Burma and Thailand
References
- Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192738A2153075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192738A2153075.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Conus bengalensis (Okutani, 1968). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
- Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. (1995). A Manual of Living Conidae. Verlag Christa. Wiesbaden : Hemmen. 358 pp.
- Tove, M. (2023). Reassessment of the Indo-Pacific “Glory Cones”. Gloria Maris. 61(3): 135-143
External links
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Conus bengalensis (Okutani, T.A., 1968)
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Conus bengalensis (Okutani, T.A., 1968)
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Cylinder bengalensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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