Conus imperialis

***Conus imperialis***, aha a na akpọkarị **cone nke alaeze ukwu**, bụ ụdị eju mmiri, a mmiri mmiri gastropod mollusk na ezinụlọ Conidae, cone ejula na ndị ha na ha jikọrọ aka.

Dị ka ụdị niile dị n'ime ụdị *Conus*, ejula ndị a bụ ndị na eri anụ na ndị na egbu egbu. Ha nwere ike "ịta" ụmụ mmadụ, ya mere, a ga-eji nlezianya na ejide ndị dị ndụ ma ọ bụ na ọ bụghị.

; Ụdị ndị ọzọ

* *Conus imperialis imperialis* Linnaeus, 1758 (otu aha: *Rhombiconus imperialis Imperialis* (Linnaeus, C., 1758))
* *Conus imperialis queketti* E. A. Smith, 1906 (synonyms: *Conus queketti* I. A.Smith, 1906; *Rhombiconus imperialis queeketti* (E. A. Smith, 1906) · nakweere, nnọchiteanya ọzọ)

## Nkọwa
Ogologo mkpokoro toro eto dị n'etiti 40 mm na 110 mm. Agba nke mkpokoro ahụ dị arọ bụ na acha ọcha ma ọ bụ na-eme ka ọ na acha odo odo, yana ọtụtụ ahịrị na-agbagharị agbagharị na ntụpọ na-acha nchara nchara na abụọ na-adịghị mma na nke na-acha anụnụ anụnụ. N'ime otu okwu *Conus fuscatus*, ụcha na-acha nchara nchara na-agbasa na igwe ojii na akara ndị na-adịghị mma n'elu, nke mere na ọ ga esiri ike ịkọwa ìgwè. Akpụkpọ ahụ nwere oghere dị larịị ma ọ bụ nodular na ubu.

## Nkesa
Ụdị a na-apụta n'Oké Osimiri India na Aldabra, Madagascar, Mascarene Basin na Mauritius; n'Oke osimiri Pasifik dum; na Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland na Western Australia)

## Ihe odide


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* 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

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## Njikọ mpụga

* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ''Conus'' Biodiversity
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