Conus boeticus

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Conus boeticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. boeticus
Binomial name
Conus boeticus
Reeve, 1844 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Splinoconus) boeticusReeve, 1844 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus cerinusReeve, 1848
  • Conus fultoniG. B. Sowerby III, 1887
  • Conus lachrymosusReeve, 1849
  • Conus meleusG. B. Sowerby III, 1913
  • Conus montillaiRöckel, 1985
  • Conus nitidusReeve, 1844
  • Conus rivularisReeve, 1849
  • Conus ruppelliiReeve, 1848
  • Nitidoconus boeticus(Reeve, 1844)
  • Nitidoconus montillai(Röckel, 1985)
  • Rolaniconus boeticus(Reeve, 1844)
  • Rolaniconus boeticus boeticusReeve, 1844

Conus boeticus, common name the boeticus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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 shell size varies between 15 mm and 40 mm. The striate spire is slightly tuberculate. The body whorl is granular, striate towards the base. The color of the shell is white, marbled with chestnut or chocolate, with revolving rows of chestnut spots. [7]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, the Seychelles and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia.

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References

  1. ↑ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus boeticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192374A2082616. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192374A2082616.en . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Reeve, L. A., 1844. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, 1
  3. 1 2 Conus boeticus Reeve, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  5. ↑ Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
  6. ↑ Filmer R.M. (2010) A taxonomic review of the Conus boeticus Reeve complex (Gastropoda – Conidae). Visaya 2(6): 21–80.
  7. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p.26; 1879
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