Conus balteatus

Conus balteatus

Apertural view of a shell of Conus balteatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. balteatus
Binomial name
*Conus balteatus* G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 ^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Conus (Floraconus) balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation Conus balteatus pigmentatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 Conus cernicus H. Adams, 1869 Conus circumclausus Fenaux, 1942 Conus moussoni Crosse, 1865 Conus pigmentatus Adams A. and Reeve L.A. 1848 ^[3] Conus propinquus E. A. Smith, 1877 Conus tenuisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 Nitidoconus balteatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Rolaniconus balteatus cernicus (f) "Barclay, D.W. MS" Adams, H.G., 1869

Conus balteatus, common name the Mauritian cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

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.

The subspecies: Conus balteatus pigmentatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 is accepted as Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 33 mm. The shell is olive-brown or brown violaceous, with a more or less irregular white band below the middle, and another one below the tuberculated spire. The interior of the aperture is tinged with violet. ^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

↑ Sowerby (II), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations
1 2 Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 July 2011.
↑ Adams, A., and Reeve, L. A., 1848. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang: Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S.. Mollusca, pt. 1
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 21; 1879

Smith, E. A. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Conidae and Terebridae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19: 222-231.
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Bozzetti L. (2008) Conus anosyensis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 15
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
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

Gallery

Below are several color forms and one subspecies:

Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus balteatus pigmentatus Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1848

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