Conus aureopunctatus

Conus aureopunctatus
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. aureopunctatus
Binomial name
Conus aureopunctatus Petuch, 1987
Synonyms [2]
Conasprella aureopunctatusPetuch, 1987 Conus (Dauciconus) aureopunctatusPetuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation Gradiconus aureopunctatus(Petuch, 1987)

Conus aureopunctatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. ^[2] These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, turnip-shaped, with wide body whorl and prominent constriction around anterior one-third, producing distinct anterior canal; shell shiny, polished; shoulder sharply carinated, with bladelike carina; spire elevated, scalariform; anterior third of shell ornamented with 10 thick, raised, spiral cords, each separated from others by deeply-incised sulci; base color of shell white; smooth portion of body whorl with 4 rows of pale yellow-orange dots; spiral cords on anterior end marked with yellow-orange dots; spire whorls smooth, with numerous crescent-shaped orange flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum brown, thick, and smooth." ^[3] The size of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: Erroneously stated as "Gulf of Venezuela, off Punto Fijo, Falcon state, Venezuela"- but now corrected to Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduran-Nicaraguan border

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Nicaragua and Venezuela.

References

1. Petuch, E. (2013). "Conus aureopunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T192784A2160983. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192784A2160983.en . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus aureopunctatus Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429313 on 2015-07-18
3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 110. Publ: CERF

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species
• "Conasprella aureopunctatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.