Conus circumcisus

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Conus circumcisus
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Five views of a shell of Conus circumcisusBorn, I. von, 1778
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. circumcisus
Binomial name
Conus circumcisus
Born, 1778 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Pionoconus) circumcisusBorn, 1778 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus affinisGmelin, 1791
  • Conus brazieriG. B. Sowerby III, 1881
  • Conus duxHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus terebellumRöding, 1798
  • Conus unicolorG. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  • Cucullus purpuratusRöding, 1798
  • Cucullus terebellumRöding, 1798
  • Pionoconus circumcisus(Born, 1778)

Conus circumcisus, common names the circumcision cone or the auger cone, the borer shell, or the leader 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.

Description

The thin shell is striated throughout. The color of the shell is yellowish or violaceous white, clouded.with chestnut, with distant revolving series of chestnut spots and short lines, most conspicuous on two irregular lighter bands. [4]

The shell of Conus brazieri G. B. Sowerby III, 1881 is rather solid, with revolving striae throughout. Its color is whitish, tinged with pale rose-pink, with two broad, light yellowish brown bands, sprinkled here and there with a few very minute brown spots. The spire is conspicuously marked with dark brown blotches. [5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Moluccas, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; off Australia (the Northern Territory and Western Australia)

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References

  1. ↑ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus circumcisus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192829A2169555. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192829A2169555.en . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Born, I. von, 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars Prima, Testacea.
  3. 1 2 Conus circumcisus Born, 1778. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 July 2011.
  4. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 81 (described as Conus circumcisus)
  5. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 81 (described as Conus brazieri)
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