Conus omaria

Conus omaria
Apertural view of a shell of Conus omaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. omaria
Binomial name
Conus omaria
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Darioconus) omaria Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus convolutus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
  • Conus magoides Melvill, 1900.
  • Conus omaria var. magoides Melvill, 1900
  • Conus patonganus da Motta, 1982
  • Conus sindon Reeve, 1844.
  • Conus viperinus Lauer, 1986
  • Darioconus omaria (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Darioconus omaria convolutus (f) G. B. Sowerby II, 1858

Conus omaria, common name the Omaria 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 variety Conus omaria var. marmoricolor Melvill, 1900 is a synonym of Conus pennaceus Born, 1778.

Description

The shell varies in length between 33 mm and 86 mm. The color of the shell varies from orange-brown to chocolate-color, covered by minute white spots, and overlaid by larger white triangular spots, sometimes forming bands at the shoulder, middle and base. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Central and East Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; off the Philippines and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

  1. Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  2. 1 2 Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 July 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 92-93; 1879

Gallery

Below are several color forms:

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