Conus lividus

Conus lividus
	Five views of shell of Conus lividusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lividus
Binomial name
	Conus lividus; Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Synonyms
	Conus (Lividoconus) lividusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus detritusMenke, K.T., 1830; Conus lividus var. detritusMenke, 1830; Conus plebejusLink, 1807; Conus primulaReeve, 1849; Conus virgo fasciata (f) Menke, K.T., 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus fasciatusSchröter, 1803, and several others); Cucullus monachosRöding, 1798; Lividoconus lividus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792);

Last updated March 08, 2024

Conus lividus, common name the livid cone, is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 81 mm. The moderate spire is coronated, depressed conical. It shows prominent nodules on shoulders of the whorls. The lower half of the body whorl is distantly striated, and the striae sparsely granulous. The color of the shell is light yellowish or fawn, olivaceous to orange-brown. The tubercles of the spire and a band below the shoulder, as well as a single central band on the body whorl, are white. The aperture is narrow and purple with faint central, white band. The base and the interior are violaceous. The epidermis is somewhat tufted in distant revolving series.^[3]

Distribution

This cone snail has a very wide distribution. It is found in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania and the West Coast of South Africa; in the entire Pacific Ocean.;^[2] off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Habitat

This species can be found around rocks and coral reefs in shallow water.

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References

↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
1 2 Conus lividus Bruguière, 1792. 28 July 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 45; 1879

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Conus lividusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus lividusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus lividusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus lividusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

External links

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"Lividoconus lividus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
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[1] Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Conus lividus Bruguière, 1792. 28 July 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[3] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 45; 1879

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Conus lividus

Five views of shell of Conus lividusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lividus
Binomial name
*Conus lividus* Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792^[1]
Synonyms ^[2]
Conus (Lividoconus) lividusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus detritusMenke, K.T., 1830 Conus lividus var. detritusMenke, 1830 Conus plebejusLink, 1807 Conus primulaReeve, 1849 Conus virgo fasciata (f) Menke, K.T., 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus fasciatusSchröter, 1803, and several others) Cucullus monachosRöding, 1798 Lividoconus lividus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)