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''Conus mappa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. There are two recognized subspecies: * ''Conus mappa jesusramirezi'' (Cossignani, 2010) * ''Conus mappa trinitarius'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. * ''Conus mappa granarius'' Kiener, 1845.: synonym of ''Conus granarius'' The junior homonym ''Conus mappa'' Crosse, 1858 is a synonym of ''Conus eldredi'' Morrison, 1955. 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 the wide shell varies between 36 mm and 67 mm. The spire contains small nodules and has a smooth shoulder. The body whorl is smooth and has a very variable color pattern of milkish white to pinkish white with two spiral bands of greenish yellow to darker brown. These bands are broken into irregular patches. The spiral whorls show very fine longitudinal grooves. The aperture is whitish.〔(Henry E. Coomans, Conidae with smooth and granulated shells; Malacologia 14 (1973) )〕〔( Danker L.N. Vink and Rudo Von Cosel,.''The Conus cedonulli complex: Historical review, taxonomy and biological observations''; Revue suisse de zoologie t. 92 fasc. 3-4 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conus mappa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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