Conus inscriptus

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Conus inscriptus
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Apertural view of Conus inscriptus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. inscriptus
Binomial name
Conus inscriptus
Reeve, 1843 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Asprella inscripta (Reeve, 1843)
  • Asprella inscripta adenensisE. A. Smith, 1891
  • Conus adenensisE. A. Smith, 1891
  • Conus cavailloniFenaux, 1942
  • Conus cuneiformisE. A. Smith, 1877
  • Conus evansiBondarev, 2001
  • Conus inscriptus f. meridionalisG. Raybaudi Massilia, 1989 (inavailable name: established as a form after 1960)
  • Conus inscriptus indicusRöckel, 1979 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus magus var. indicus Weinkauff, 1874)
  • Conus keatiformisShikama, 1977
  • Conus keatiiG. B. Sowerby II, 1858
  • Conus maculospiraPilsbry & Johnson, 1921
  • Conus maculospiraPilsbry, 1922
  • Conus maculospira bangladeshianusda Motta, 1985
  • † Conus planiliratusG. B. Sowerby I, 1850
  • Conus planiliratusG. B. Sowerby III, 1870(invalid: junior homonym of Conus planiliratus G.B. Sowerby I, 1850 (fossil);Conus maculospira is a replacement name)
  • Conus planiliratus var. batheonSutrany, 1904
  • Conus sartiiKorn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2001
  • Conus tegulatusG. B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) inscriptusReeve, 1843 . accepted, alternative representation
  • Graphiconus cavailloni(Fenaux, 1942)
  • Graphiconus inscriptus(Reeve, 1843)

Conus inscriptus 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.

Conus inscriptus Reeve, L.A., 1843 Conus inscriptus 1.jpg
Conus inscriptusReeve, L.A., 1843

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 65 mm. The shell is rather solid, smooth, grooved towards the base. Its color is ash-white, with dark chestnut hieroglyphic characters, interrupted by revolving series of spots in the middle and at the base. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; also found off Western Thailand and in the Aegean Sea (as an introduced alien)

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References

  1. ↑ Reeve, L. A., 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i: figures and descriptions of the shells of molluscs; with remarks on their affinities, synonymy, and geographical distribution, 1. Conus.
  2. 1 2 Conus inscriptus Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 26 July 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p.65; 1879
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