Conus capitaneus

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Conus capitaneus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. capitaneus
Binomial name
Conus capitaneus
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus capitaneus var. virgineusWils, 1972 (unavailable name)
  • Conus classariusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (nomen dubium)
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) capitaneusLinnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus ceciliaeCrosse, 1858
  • Rhizoconus capitaneusLinnaeus, 1758

Conus capitaneus, common name the captain 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 an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 98 mm. Its low spire is striate, flamed with chocolate and white. The body whorl is yellowish, or orange-brown, encircled by rows of chestnut dots, usually stained chocolate at the base. There is a central white band, with chocolate hieroglyphic markings on either side, and a shoulder-band, crossed by chocolate smaller longitudinal markings. The aperture is white. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; and in the Indo-West Pacific (off Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Japan); off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia),

References

  1. Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus capitaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192507A2105983. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192507A2105983.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 40; 1879