- Conus mediterraneus
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Conus mediterraneus 
A very beach-worn shell of the species Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Subfamily: Coninae Genus: Conus Species: C. mediterraneus Binomial name Conus mediterraneus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Synonyms[1] See list
Conus mediterraneus 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.
The Conus Biodiversity Website considers this species a synonym of Conus ventricosus, while the World Register of Marine Species states exactly the opposite.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 63 mm. Thbe color of the shell is yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous ; sometimes chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated ; and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, light band below the middle. The elevated spire is rudely gradate and maculated. The interior of the shell is light chocolate, with a light band. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Synonyms
Conus mediterraneus, a slightly reticulated form from West Africa
- Conus adriaticus Nardo, 1847
- Conus alticonica Pallary, 1904
- Conus amazonicus Nardo, 1847
- Conus ammiralis var. americanus Gmelin, 1791
- Conus caillaudi Jay, 1846
- Conus chersoideus Nardo, 1847
- Conus cinctus Bosc, 1801
- Conus clodianus Nardo, 1847
- Conus cretheus Nardo, 1847
- Conus epaphus Nardo, 1847
- Conus erosus Renier, 1804
- Conus franciscanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus galloprovincialis Locard, 1886
- Conus galloprovincialis var. lineolata Locard & Caziot, 1900
- Conus galloprovincialis var. minor Locard & Caziot, 1900
- Conus glaucescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
- Conus grossii Maravigna, 1853
- Conus guestieri Lorois, 1860
- Conus hanleyi G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
- Conus herillus Nardo, 1847
- Conus humilis von Salis Marschlins, 1793
- Conus ignobilis Olivi, 1792
- Conus ignobilis var. rufa Scacchi, 1836
- Conus inaequalis Reeve, 1849
- Conus intermedius Lamarck, 1810
- Conus istriensis Nardo, 1847
- Conus jamaicensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus jaspis von Salis Marschlins, 1793
- Conus madurensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus mediterraneus f. gaudiosus Nicolay, 1978
- Conus mediterraneus var. acuta Requien, 1848
- Conus mediterraneus var. alalmus DeGregorio, 1885
- Conus mediterraneus var. alba Coen, 1933
- Conus mediterraneus var. albina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
- Conus mediterraneus var. alticonica Pallary, 1904
- Conus mediterraneus var. amigus DeGregorio, 1885
- Conus mediterraneus var. arenaria Monterosato, 1917
- Conus mediterraneus var. ater Philippi, 1836
- Conus mediterraneus var. caerulescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
- Conus mediterraneus var. carinata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
- Conus mediterraneus var. castanea Coen, 1933
- Conus mediterraneus var. debilis Monterosato, 1917
- Conus mediterraneus var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885
- Conus mediterraneus var. emisus DeGregorio, 1885
- Conus mediterraneus var. fasciata Requien, 1848
- Conus mediterraneus var. flammulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886
- Conus mediterraneus var. flavescens Coen, 1933
- Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887
- Conus mediterraneus var. interrupta Coen, 1933
- Conus mediterraneus var. lutea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888
- Conus mediterraneus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889
- Conus mediterraneus var. marmoratus Philippi, 1836
- Conus mediterraneus var. minor Monterosato, 1878
- Conus mediterraneus var. oblonga Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890
- Conus mediterraneus var. obtusa Requien, 1848
- Conus mediterraneus var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891
- Conus mediterraneus var. persistens Kobelt, 1906
- Conus mediterraneus var. pretunculus Monterosato, 1917
- Conus mediterraneus var. rubens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
- Conus mediterraneus var. rufatra DeGregorio, 1885
- Conus mediterraneus var. scalare Dautzenberg, 1911
- Conus mediterraneus var. scalaris Pallary, 1912
- Conus mediterraneus var. subconcolor Requien, 1848
- Conus mediterraneus var. subviridis DeGregorio, 1885
- Conus mediterraneus var. vayssierei Kobelt, 1906
- Conus olivaceus von Salis Marschlins, 1793
- Conus olivaceus Kiener, 1845
- Conus pallans Nardo, 1847
- Conus phegeus Nardo, 1847
- Conus postdiluvianus Risso, 1826
- Conus rusticus Poli, 1826
- Conus siculus DelleChiaje, 1828
- Conus stercutius Nardo, 1847
- Conus submediterraneus Locard, 1886
- Conus tamsianus Dunker, 1853
- Conus thuscus Nardo, 1847
- Conus trunculus Monterosato, 1899
- Conus vayssierei var. ossea Monterosato, 1917
- Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791
- Conus ventricosus var. elpus DeGregorio, 1885
- Conus ventricosus var. empismus DeGregorio, 1885
- Lautoconus noeformis Monterosato, 1923
References
- ^ a b Conus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429087 on 30 July 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchyology vol. VI, p. 66; 1879
- 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
External links
Categories:- Conus
- Animals described in 1792
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