Conus eburneus

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Conus eburneus
Conus eburneus polyglotta.jpg
A shell of Conus eburneus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. eburneus
Binomial name
Conus eburneus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Tesselliconus) eburneusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus alternatusLink, H.F., 1807
  • Conus crassusSowerby ii, 1857
  • Conus polyglottaWeinkauff, 1874
  • Conus quadratulusRöding, 1798
  • Lithoconus eburneus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Lithoconus eburneus quadratulus (f) Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Tesselliconus eburneus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus eburneus, common name the ivory 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.

There is one subspecies: Conus eburneus crassusG. B. Sowerby II, 1858 represented as Conus eburneus.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 79 mm. The shell is white, usually with two or three light yellowish bands, marked with very dark brown revolving spots. [4]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from the coast of East Africa (off Madagascar and Chagos) to Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia), Polynesia and the Ryukyu Islands (but not along Hawaii)

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References

  1. ↑ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus eburneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192700A2144109. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192700A2144109.en . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  3. 1 2 Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 . 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

Below are several color forms and one subspecies:

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