Conus biliosus

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Conus biliosus
Little Cone - Conus biliosus parvulus.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. biliosus
Binomial name
Conus biliosus
(Röding, 1798) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Splinoconus) biliosus(Röding, 1798) accepted, alternate combination
  • Conus biliosus biliosus(Röding, 1798)
  • Conus concinnusG. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus concinnusJ. de C. Sowerby, 1821; Conus sapphirostoma is a replacement name)
  • Conus piperatusDillwyn, 1817
  • Conus punctatusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus roseusLamarck, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Conus roseusFischer von Waldheim, 1807; Dendroconus neoroseus is a replacement name)
  • Conus sapphirostomaWeinkauff, 1874
  • Cucullus biliosusRöding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Dendroconus biliosus(Röding, 1798)
  • Dendroconus neoroseusda Motta, 1993
  • Lividoconus biliosus(Röding, 1798)
  • Splinoconus biliosus(Röding, 1798)
  • Splinoconus biliosus biliosus(Röding, 1798)
  • Viroconus imperatorWoolacott, 1956

Conus biliosus, common name the bilious cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [3]

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.

Subspecies

Apertural view of Conus biliosus parvulus Conus biliosus parvulus 001.jpg
Apertural view of Conus biliosus parvulus

Subspecies include: [3]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 64 mm. The small shell is smooth and striate below. Its color is yellowish white, with revolving rows of quadrangular chestnut spots, sometimes partly clouded over, so as to form bands of chestnut clouds. The spire is maculate. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean (from South Africa to Somalia) and off India and Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to the Philippines and to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia.

Conus biliosus (Roding, P.F., 1798) Conus biliosus 1.jpg
Conus biliosus(Röding, P.F., 1798)
Conus biliosus (Roding, P.F., 1798) Conus biliosus 2.jpg
Conus biliosus(Röding, P.F., 1798)
Conus biliosus meyeri Walls, J.G., 1979 Conus biliosus meyeri 1.jpg
Conus biliosus meyeriWalls, J.G., 1979
Conus biliosus parvulus (Link, H.F., 1807) Conus biliosus parvulus 1.jpg
Conus biliosus parvulus (Link, H.F., 1807)

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References

  1. ↑ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus biliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192420A2091724. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192420A2091724.en . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Röding, P. F., 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e Tribus Regnis Naturae Quae olim Collegerat Joa.., 2: I-VIII: 1 -199
  3. 1 2 3 Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 August 2011.
  4. ↑ 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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