Conus moluccensis

Conus moluccensis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus moluccensis'' Kuester, H.C., 1838
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. moluccensis
Binomial name
Conus moluccensis
Küster, 1838 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) moluccensis Küster, 1838 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus grondini Larue, 1995 (unavailable name: proposed conditionally)
  • Conus merleti Mayissian, 1974
  • Conus moluccensis f. merleti Mayissian, 1974 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
  • Conus moluccensis moluccensis Küster, 1838
  • Conus stainforthii Reeve, 1843
  • Fulgiconus moluccensis (Küster, 1838)
  • Fulgiconus moluccensis f. merleti (Mayissian, 1974) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
  • Phasmoconus merleti (Mayissian, 1974)
  • Phasmoconus moluccensis (Küster, 1838)

Conus moluccensis, common name the Molucca 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.

Subspecies

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. The coronated shell is yellowish white, marbled and streaked with chestnut, with minute revolving lines of granules, which are often somewhat articulated red-brown and white.[6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin;[2] off Fiji, Indo-China, Indonesia, Maldives, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands; off Australia (Queensland).

References

  1. Küster, H. C., 1838. Coneae, oder Conidae, I. Conus, Linne. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, neu herausgegeben und vervollstdndigt von H.C. Küster, 2.
  2. 1 2 3 Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 July 2011.
  3. Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 February 2010.
  4. Monteiro (2009). Visaya 2(5): 88-90.
  5. Rehder H. A. & Wilson B. R. (1975). "New Species of Marine Mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1-16. page 14-16. PDF.
  6. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 26; 1879

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