{{Short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus darkini | image = Conus darkini 1.jpg | image_caption = Two views of a shell of ''Conus darkini'' | authority = Petuch, 1987 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 25 April 2024">{{cite iucn |author=Bouchet, P. |date=2013 |title=''Conus darkini'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T192508A2106526|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192508A2106526.en |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Conus (Embrikena) darkini'' <small>Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Embrikena darkini'' <small>(Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993)</small> * ''Profundiconus darkini'' <small>(Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993)</small> * ''Turriconus (Kurodaconus) darkini'' <small>(Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus darkini''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|426475|''Conus darkini'' Röckel, Korn, & Richard, 1993||27 March 2010}}</ref>
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== {{Expand section|date=September 2015|small=no}}
The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 87 mm. ==Distribution== This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Richard, G., 1993. ''Conus darkini n. sp.''. La Conchiglia 267: 48–49 * Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.'' Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. * Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). ''A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae.'' Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.page(s): 347 * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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== {{Commons category}} * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea] * {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=4990|title=''Profundiconus darkini''|access-date=15 January 2019}} * [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-2568?listIndex=76&listCount=5567 Holotype in MNHN, Paris]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Darkini}} darkini Category:Gastropods described in 1993 Category:Taxa named by Edward James Petuch
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