Conus tinianus

Conus tinianus

A shell of Conus tinianus from Cape Agulhas, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. tinianus
Binomial name
*Conus tinianus* Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Floraconus) tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 Conus aurora Lamarck, 1810 Conus fulvus G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 Conus kieneri Crosse, 1858 (nomen dubium) Conus kraussi Turton, 1932 Conus lavendulus Bartsch, 1915 (color form) Conus lavendulus approximata Turton, 1932 Conus loveni Krauss, 1848 Conus rosaceus Dillwyn, 1817 Conus secutor Crosse, 1865 Conus tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 Floraconus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Ketyconus tinianus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus tinianus, common name the variable 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 the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm. The thin shell is striated towards the base. Its color is reddish chestnut clouded with gray, and irregularly ornamented with indistinct fillets of articulated white and chestnut. The spire is obtusely convex. The apex is rose-tinted.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the east coast of South Africa.

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

References

1 2 Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055.

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