Conus amphiurgus

Conus amphiurgus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus amphiurgusDall, W.H., 1889
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. amphiurgus
Binomial name
Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889
Synonyms [2]
Conus (Dauciconus) amphiurgusDall, 1889 · accepted, alternate representation Conus centurioauct. non Born, 1778 Conus flamingoPetuch, 1980 Conus juliaeClench, 1942 Conus villepiniiauct. non Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 Dauciconus amphiurgus(Dall, 1889) Leptoconus amphiurgus(Dall, 1889) Leptoconus juliae(Clench, 1942)

Conus amphiurgus, common name the amphiurgus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. ^[2]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Pta. Guanajibo and Pta. Arenas,
encompassing the Bahia Bramadero on the West coast of Puerto Rico." ^[3]

This species occurs in the tropical Western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 54 mm. ^[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 9 m. ^[4] Maximum recorded depth is 61 m. ^[4]

References

1. Petuch, E. (2013). "Conus amphiurgus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T192340A2076919. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192340A2076919.en . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
2. Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 March 2010.
3. Danker Vink, 1984, The Conidae of the Western Atlantic: La Conchiglia 16, page 4.
4. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40.
• Clench, W. J. 1942. The Genus Conus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(6) 1–40.
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 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
• "Dauciconus amphiurgus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.