Conus ammiralis

Conus ammiralis
A shell of Conus ammiralisLinnaeus, C., 1758
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. ammiralis
Binomial name
Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [2]
Conus (Cylinder) ammiralisLinnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation Conus ammiralis pseudocedonulliBlainville, 1818 Conus ammiralis var. archithalassusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus ammiralis var. australisDautzenberg, 1937 Conus ammiralis var. coronatusGmelin, 1791 Conus ammiralis var. crebrimaculataDautzenberg, 1937 Conus ammiralis var. donovaniDautzenberg, 1937 Conus ammiralis var. extraordinariusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus ammiralis var. larvatusGmelin, 1791 Conus ammiralis var. occidentalisLinnaeus, 1758 Conus ammiralis var. ordinariusLinnaeus, 1758 Conus ammiralis var. palinurusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus ammiralis var. personatusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus ammiralis var. polyzonusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus ammiralis var. summusLinnaeus, 1758 Conus ammiralis var. trifasciataSpalowsky, 1795 Conus architalassusLightfoot, 1786 Conus blainvilliiVignard, 1829 Conus hereditariusda Motta, 1987 Conus textile var. abbreviataDautzenberg, 1937 Conus vicariusLinnaeus, 1767 Conus vicariusLamarck, 1810 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus vicariusLinnaeus, 1767; Conus textile var. abbreviataDautzenberg, 1937, is a replacement name) Cucullus granulatusRöding, 1798 Cucullus imperialisRöding, 1798 Cucullus petreusRöding, 1798 Cucullus princepsRöding, 1798 Cucullus summusRöding, 1798 Leptoconus ammiralisLinnaeus, 1758 Leptoconus ammiralis temnesIredale, 1930 Leptoconus temnesIredale, 1930

Conus ammiralis, common name the admiral 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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 109 mm. The color is the shell is chestnut with darker revolving lines, and upper, basal and one or two approximate bands, finely reticulated with yellow on a white ground. This pattern is overlaid with large, irregularly disposed triangular white spots. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Mascarenes; in the Indo-West Pacific off Fiji, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vanuatu and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

1. Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus ammiralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192383A2084967. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192383A2084967.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 March 2010.
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp
• Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
• Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442
• Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the Western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
• Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
• 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

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Leptoconus ammiralis ammiralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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  Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, C., 1758
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  Conus ammiralisLinnaeus, C., 1758