Conus aureus

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Conus aureus
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Five views of a shell of Conus aureusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. aureus
Binomial name
Conus aureus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Cylinder) aureusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus aureus aureusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus auricomusLamarck, 1810 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus auricomusHwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Cylinder aureus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Cylinder aureus aureus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

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

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Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguiere, J.G., 1792 Conus aureus 1.jpg
Conus aureusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguiere, J.G., 1792 Conus aureus 2.jpg
Conus aureusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of envenoming humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or preferably not at all.

Subspecies

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Tuamotu, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia and from Japan to Queensland, Australia.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm. The shell is subcylindrical, with fine revolving striae. It has an orange-brown color, very finely reticulated with chestnut, with larger subtriangular spots of white, aggregated into masses and bands at the shoulder, middle and base. There are usually a number of longitudinal streaks of chestnut running over the orange-brown reticulated spaces. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192413A2090188. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192413A2090188.en . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 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
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