Conus fuscolineatus

Conus fuscolineatus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus fuscolineatusSowerby, G.B. III, 1905
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. fuscolineatus
Binomial name
	Conus fuscolineatus; G. B. Sowerby III, 1905
Synonyms
	Conus (Lautoconus) fuscolineatusG. B. Sowerby III, 1905; Varioconus fuscolineatusSowerby, G.B. III, 1905;

Last updated March 13, 2025

Conus fuscolineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm. Its shell is ovate-turbinate, smooth and whitish with narrow, dark, transverse lines. It is ornamented at the apex and painted with large, brown, irregular spots. Its spire is very short and obtuse. The aperture of the shell is moderately wide, and broadly triple-banded inside.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Guinea to Angola, and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

↑ Sowerby (iii), G. B. III, 1905. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6
1 2 Conus fuscolineatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.
↑ Malacological Society of London; London, Malacological Society of (1904). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. Vol. 6. London: Dulau.

Sowerby, G. B., III. 1905. Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6(5):279–282, figs. 5, 6
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Varioconus fuscolineatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Gallery

Conus fuscolineatusSowerby, G.B. III, 1905
Conus fuscolineatusSowerby, G.B. III, 1905
Conus fuscolineatusSowerby, G.B. III, 1905

This Conus-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Sowerby (iii), G. B. III, 1905. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Conus fuscolineatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.

[3] Malacological Society of London; London, Malacological Society of (1904). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. Vol. 6. London: Dulau.

[1]

[2]

[3]