Conus eburneus

Conus eburneus
Conus eburneus
A shell of Conus eburneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Coninae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. eburneus
Binomial name
Conus eburneus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus alternatus Link, H.F., 1807
  • Conus crassus Sowerby ii, 1857
  • Conus polyglotta Weinkauff, 1874
  • Conus quadratulus Röding, 1798
  • Lithoconus eburneus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Lithoconus eburneus quadratulus (f) Röding, P.F., 1798

Conus eburneus, common name the ivory 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.

There is one subspecies: Conus eburneus crassus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 79 mm. The shell is white, usually with two or three light yellowish bands, marked with very dark brown revolving spots. [3]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Indo-West Pacific from the coast of East Africa (along Madagascar and Chagos) to Australia, Polynesia and the Ryukyu Islands (but not along Hawaii)

References

  1. ^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  2. ^ a b Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215559  on 4 August 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 11; 1884
  • 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. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp

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