Conus neptunus

Conus neptunus

Apertural view of Conus neptunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. neptunus
Binomial name
*Conus neptunus* Reeve, 1843
Synonyms^[1]
Asprella neptunus (Reeve, 1843) Conus colorovariegatus Kosuge, 1981 Conus neptunoides E. A. Smith, 1880 Conus neptunus futunaensis Moolenbeek & Röckel, 1996 Conus (Phasmoconus) neptunus Reeve, 1843 · accepted, alternate representation Darioconus neptunoides Smith, E.A., 1880 Graphiconus neptunus (Reeve, 1843)

Conus neptunus, common name the Neptune cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

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 43 mm and 80 mm. The solid shell is narrow, with a concavely elevated spire and a sharp apex. The body whorl is distantly grooved towards the base. The shell has a flesh color, everywhere veined and clouded with reddish chestnut flexuous lines and spots. The aperture is rosy white.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Philippines, Australia and in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

References

1 2 Conus neptunus Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 72, 1884

Kosuge S. (1981) Notes on newly recorded species of the superfamily Conacea from Philippines with descriptions of new species of the genera Terebra, Conus and Glyphostoma. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(6): 93-96, pls 31-32.
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 4, 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

Conus neptunus Reeve, L.A., 1843
Conus neptunus Reeve, L.A., 1843

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