Conus betulinus

Conus betulinus
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. betulinus
Binomial name
Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [2]
Cleobula betulina(Linnaeus, 1758) Conus (Dendroconus) betulinusLinnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation Conus betulinus rufoluteusBozzetti & Ferrario, 2005 Conus betulinus var. alternansDautzenberg, 1937 Conus betulinus var. immaculataDautzenberg, 1906 Conus betulinus var. medusaGmelin, 1791 Conus betulinus var. paucimaculataDautzenberg, 1937 Conus betulinus var. plurizonataDautzenberg, 1937 Conus betulinus var. scriptaDautzenberg, 1937 Conus betulinus var. tabulataDautzenberg, 1937 Conus deprehendensPrelle, 2009 Conus zuluPetuch, 1979 Cucullus lacteusRöding, 1798 Cucullus medusaeRöding, 1798 Cucullus tigrisRöding, 1798 Dendroconus betulinus(Linnaeus, 1758) Gastridium betulinusSalvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975

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

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 170 mm. The color of the shell is yellow orange-brown, or white, with revolving series of spots, and short lines of chocolate upon narrow white bands. The spire is radiated with chocolate. The base of the shell is strongly grooved. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

• Aldabra ^[2]
• Chagos ^[2]
• Madagascar ^[2]
• Mascarene Basin ^[2]
• Mauritius ^[2]
• Mozambique ^[2]
• Seychelles ^[2]
• Tanzania ^[2]

Also off Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Philippines, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.

References

1. Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus betulinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192298A2068299. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192298A2068299.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758. 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

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp
• Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
• Smith, E.A. 1891. On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with some remarks upon the relationship of the Molluscan Fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 390–436
• Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362
• Dautzenberg, P. 1937. Gastéropodes marins. 3-Famille Conidae'; Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. Le Prince et la Princesse Lé Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2(18): 284 pp, 3 pls
• Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papeete les editions du pacifique, pp. 1–391.
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• Petuch, E.J. 1979. Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods. Nemouria 23: 1–20
• Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
• 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

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External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Dendroconus betulinus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.