Conus monile

Conus monile

Apertural view of Conus monile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. monile
Binomial name
*Conus monile* Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 ^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Conus (Strategoconus) monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus cereolus Röding, P.F., 1798 Conus marmoreus Perry, G., 1811 Conus ornatus Röding, P.F., 1798 Cucullus cereolus Röding, 1798 Cucullus ornatus Röding, 1798 Strategoconus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus monile, common name the necklace 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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 95 mm. The chestnut-flamed spire is nearly plane, with a raised apex. The body whorl is closely striate below, and generally chestnut-stained at the base. The color of the shell is white, with oblique flames, spots and short lines of chestnut, arranged in revolving series. ^[3]

Distribution

The raised apex of the spire of Conus monile

This species occurs in the Northeast Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka to Western Thailand

References

↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
1 2 Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 August 2011.
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 34; 1879

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
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

Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

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