Conus nocturnus

Conus nocturnus

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus nocturnus (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. nocturnus
Binomial name
*Conus nocturnus* sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Conus) nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 · accepted, alternate representation Conus deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus nocturnus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym and homonym of Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786)

Conus nocturnus 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 the shell varies between 45 mm and 86 mm. The pattern of the markings are essentially the same as in Conus marmoreus, but the chocolate-color coalesces into two broad irregular bands within which the triangular white spots appear only occasionally. In Conus deburghiae the surface is sometimes granular in the revolving lines, and the nodules are compressed.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, off Mauritius, Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea.

References

1 2 Conus nocturnus sensu Lightfoot, 1786. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2009.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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.
Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
Lorenz F. & Barbier J.P. (2012) Two new cones from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae). Acta Conchyliorum 11: 3-10. [April 2012]
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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