Conus australis

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Conus australis
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus australisHolten, H.S., 1802
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. australis
Binomial name
Conus australis
(Holten, 1802)
Synonyms [2]
  • Asprella alabasteroidesShikama, 1963
  • Asprella australisHolten, 1802
  • Conus armadillo gabryaeL. Raybaudi, 1989
  • Conus australisLamarck, 1810
  • Conus cebuganusda Motta & Martin, 1982
  • Conus duplicatusG. B. Sowerby I, 1823
  • Conus gabryaeRöckel & Korn, 1992
  • Conus gracilisG.B. Sowerby I, 1823
  • Conus patamakanthiniDelsaerdt, 1998
  • Conus strigatusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (identity doubtful; treated by some authors as a )
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) australisHolten, 1802 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Graphiconus australis(Holten, 1802)

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

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 the shell varies between 40 mm and 123 mm. The shell is distantly channeled throughout. The interstices are usually plane, sometimes minutely granular. The channels are narrow and longitudinally striated. The spire is much elevated, acuminated, striate, sometimes obscurely minutely coronated. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with light chestnut longitudinal short irregular lines, and clouds of the same color forming three obscure interrupted bands. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and in the South China Sea; also off New Caledonia and the Philippines.

References

  1. Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T192291A2066608. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192291A2066608.en . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 Conus australis (Holten, 1802) . 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