Conus balteatus

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Conus balteatus
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Apertural view of a shell of Conus balteatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. balteatus
Binomial name
Conus balteatus
G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Coronaxis) cernicusH. Adams, 1869
  • Conus (Floraconus) balteatusG. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) anosyensisBozzetti, 2008
  • Conus (Splinoconus) gilberti(Bozzetti, 2012)
  • Conus (Splinoconus) olgiatiiBozzetti, 2007
  • Conus anosyensisBozzetti, 2008
  • Conus balteatus pigmentatusA. Adams & Reeve, 1848
  • Conus cernicusH. Adams, 1869
  • Conus circumclaususFenaux, 1942
  • Conus gilberti(Bozzetti, 2012)
  • Conus moussoniCrosse, 1865
  • Conus olgiatiiBozzetti, 2007
  • Conus pigmentatus Adams A. and Reeve L.A. 1848 [4]
  • Conus propinquusE. A. Smith, 1877
  • Conus tenuisulcatusG. B. Sowerby II, 1873
  • Dendroconus balteatus(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Nitidoconus balteatus(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Nitidoconus gilberti(Bozzetti, 2012)
  • Rhizoconus anosyensis(Bozzetti, 2008)
  • Rolaniconus balteatus cernicus (f) "Barclay, D.W. MS" Adams, H.G., 1869

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

The subspecies: Conus balteatus pigmentatusA. Adams & Reeve, 1848 is accepted as Conus balteatusG. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 33 mm. The shell is olive-brown or brown violaceous, with a more or less irregular white band below the middle, and another one below the tuberculated spire. The interior of the aperture is tinged with violet. [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea)

Below are several color forms and one subspecies:

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References

  1. ↑ Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus balteatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192849A2173661. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192849A2173661.en . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Sowerby (II), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations
  3. 1 2 Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Adams, A., and Reeve, L. A., 1848. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang: Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S.. Mollusca, pt. 1
  5. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 21; 1879
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