Conus augur

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Conus augur
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Apertural view of a shell of Conus augur
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. augur
Binomial name
Conus augur
sensu Lightfoot, 1786 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Strategoconus) augursensu Lightfoot, 1786 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus augurHwass in Bruguiere, 1792
  • Conus punctatusGmelin, 1791
  • Conus magusRöding, 1798
  • Conus punctatusGmelin, 1791
  • Cucullus magusRöding, 1798 (junior secondary homonym of Conus magusLinnaeus, 1758)
  • Cucullus pulverulentusRöding, 1798
  • Vituliconus augur(Lightfoot, J., 1786)

Conus augur, common name the auger cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [3]

Contents

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 an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 76 mm. The creamy white shell is encircled by close rows of very small chestnut dots, with two bands of irregular brown markings, one above, the other below the middle of the body whorl. The spire is maculated with brown. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and Madagascar; and in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

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References

  1. ↑ Veldsman, S.G. (2013). "Conus augur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192794A2162628. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192794A2162628.en . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Lightfoot, J., 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, Lately the Property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, Deceased; Which will be sold by Auction.
  3. 1 2 Conus augur sensu Lightfoot, 1786 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 July 2011.
  4. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 51; 1879
  1. Franklin, J.B, K. A. Subramanian, S. A. Fernando and Krishnan K. S. (2009). Diversity and distribution of cone snails (Vallapoo) along the Tamilnadu coast, India, Zootaxa 2250: 1–63 (Monograph).
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