Conus maldivus

Conus maldivus
Apertural view of a shell of Conus maldivus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. maldivus
Binomial name
Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms [2]
Conus (Strategoconus) maldivusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus duxRöding, 1798 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus duxHwass, 1792) Conus generalis maldivusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus generalis monteiroiBarros e Cunha, 1933 Conus planaxisDeshayes, 1863 Conus spirogloxusDeshayes, 1863 Cucullus duxRöding, 1798 Cucullus filosusRöding, 1798 Strategoconus maldivus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus maldivus, common name the Maldive cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. ^[2]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 83 mm. The shell is encircled by distant revolving lines of small spots. It is sometimes irregularly clouded with white, not forming bands. At other times it is irregularly banded. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Western Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

References

1. Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus maldivus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T192300A2068886. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192300A2068886.en . Retrieved 15 March 2024.
2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus maldivus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215539 on 2015-10-28
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Strategoconus maldivus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Holotype in MNHN, Paris