Conus exiguus

Conus exiguus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus exiguusLamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. exiguus
Binomial name
Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms [2]
Conus (Phasmoconus) exiguusLamarck, 1810 accepted, alternate representation Conus bougeiG. B. Sowerby III, 1907 Conus bougei var. poumensisPrigent, 1985 Conus cabritiiBernardi, 1858 Conus optimusG. B. Sowerby III, 1913 Conus plumbeusReeve, 1844 Conus taylorianusE. A. Smith, 1880 Conus vayssetianusCrosse, 1872 Fulgiconus exiguus(Lamarck, 1810)

Conus exiguus, common name Cabrit's cone, is a species of sea snail: a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. ^[2]

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 the shell varies between 14 mm and 54 mm. The violaceous shell is more or less marbled with chestnut, and more or less granular on the body whorl. The convex spire convex is conical and tuberculated. The aperture is violaceous. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Samoa and Vietnam.

References

1. Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus exiguus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T192443A2096358. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192443A2096358.en . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus plumbeus)

• Bernardi, A. B., 1859. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7: 377–378
• Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J., 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. Hemmen: 517 pp
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
• Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23

Gallery

Below are several color forms:

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  Conus exiguusLamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
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  Conus exiguusLamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
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  Conus exiguusLamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Fulgiconus exiguus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Holotype in MNHN, Paris