Conus malacanus

Conus malacanus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus malacanusHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. malacanus
Binomial name
	Conus malacanus; Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
	Conus (Splinoconus) malacanusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus canaliculatusDillwyn, 1817; Conus cuneatusG. B. Sowerby II, 1873; Conus subcarinatusG. B. Sowerby II, 1865; Stellaconus malacanus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792);

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Conus malacanus, common name the Malacca cone, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 83 mm. The shell is channeled, concavely elevated but not reticulated. It is pink-white, with two pale yellow bands and a very few chestnut spots on the body whorl and spire. The aperture is generally rose-tinted.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Southeast Asia and in the Bay of Bengal.

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References

1 2 Conus malacanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ 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 variegatus var. cuneatus)

Sowerby, G. B., II. 1865. Descriptions of two new species of Conus from the collection of H. Cuming, ESQ., and two from the collection of the late Mr. Denisson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865:518–519, pl. 32
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
"Stellaconus malacanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Conus malacanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[2] 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 variegatus var. cuneatus)

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