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Conus jaspideus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Conoidea) on the Brazilian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2010

Renata dos Santos Gomes*
Affiliation:
Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro—MNRJ, Setor de Malacologia, DI. Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP: 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Correspondence should be addressed to: R. dos Santos Gomes, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro—MNRJ, Setor de Malacologia, DI. Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP: 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil email: Renata_S_Gomes@yahoo.com.br

Abstract

Specimens of Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791 collected along the Brazilian coast were dissected for morphological studies of the soft parts and radula, in a recharacterization of the species. Two specimens collected in the State of Bahia, proved to be imposex. Specimens in an aquarium were photographed during the process of predation. Herein, for the first time, the atrophied penis of an imposex specimen of C. jaspideus is illustrated, as well as the feeding process, contributing to the knowledge of the family.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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