Conus lindae

Conus lindae
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lindaePetuch, E.J., 1987
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lindae
Binomial name
	Conus lindae; Petuch, 1987
Synonyms
	Conus (Lindaconus) lindaePetuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation; Lindaconus lindae(Petuch, 1987);

Last updated December 28, 2023

Conus lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]Conus lindae is the type species of the subgenus Lindaconus Petuch, 2002.^[1]

Description

Original description: "Shell solid, stocky, broad across shoulder, with relatively low spire; shoulder distinctly rounded; spire whorls slightly canaliculated; body whorl shiny, highly polished, with waxy feel; aperture narrow; protoconch very large, rounded, mamillate; shell color varying from pure white(paratype, Key collection) to pale pink, overlaid with 2 bands of salmon-pink dots (holotype); wide bands of salmon-pink blotches arranged with one above mid-body and one below mid-body near anterior end; rounded shoulder and canaliculate spire whorls marked with evenly-spaced, thin, radiating, pale salmon-orange flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, smooth, yellow, translucent."^[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 31 mm.^[3]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Southern coast of Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas."^[2]

This marine species occurs in deep water off the Bahamas.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 240 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.^[3]

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References

1 2 3 Conus lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
1 2 Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 55. Publ: CERF
1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 55, plate 9, figure 9–10.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
"Lindaconus lindae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 Conus lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[Petuch,_E.J_page_55-2] 1 2 Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 55. Publ: CERF

[Welch_2010-3] 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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