Conus martensi

Conus martensi
	Shell of Conus martensi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. martensi
Binomial name
	Conus martensi; E. A. Smith, 1884
Synonyms
	Conus (Rhizoconus) sazankaShikama, 1970 (basionym); Conus (Splinoconus) martensiE. A. Smith, 1884 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus (Splinoconus) sazankaShikama, 1970; Conus kurzi Petuch, 1974; Conus sazanka Shikama, 1970; Dendroconus martensi (E. A. Smith, 1884); Isoconus martensi(E. A. Smith, 1884); Isoconus sazanka(Shikama, 1970); Kioconus (Isoconus) kurzi(Petuch, 1974); Kioconus (Isoconus) martensi(E. A. Smith, 1884); Kioconus (Isoconus) sazanka(Shikama, 1970); Kioconus martensi(E. A. Smith, 1884); Kioconus sazanka(Shikama, 1970); Rhizoconus yoshioiAzuma, 1973;

Last updated December 22, 2020

Conus martensi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 78 mm. (Original description) The shell is small, turbinate, much narrowed towards the base or front. It has an orange colour, rather paler upon the spire. It contains about 10 whorls, flat-topped and a little sloping, raised somewhat above one another, concentrically three-grooved, separated by a deepish suture. The body whorl is subacutely angled above, then a trifle convex at the sides, and being much attenuated anteriorly has a somewhat piriform appearance. It is sculptured with fine lines of growth and transverse indistinct striae or shallow grooves, which around the base are much deeper. The aperture is very narrow. The outer lip is thin and moderately sinuated above the angle. The spire is short, graduated, with rectilinear outlines.

The species is distinguished by the narrowness of the aperture, its somewhat pyriform shape, and the uniform orange tint of its colouring. The spire is paler, except at the deepish suture, which is likewise orange.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mozambique Channel and from East Africa to Oman; off Réunion and the Mascarenes; also off Japan, the Philippines, East Indonesia, New Caledonia, Hawaii and in the Western Pacific.

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References

1 2 Conus martensi E. A. Smith, 1884 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ E.A. SMith (1884), Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean; British Museum (Natural History)

Shikama, T., 1970. On Some Noteworthy Marine Gastropoda from Southwestern Japan (II). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, sect. 2. no. 16: 19 -27
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
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
"Kioconus martensi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Conus martensi E. A. Smith, 1884 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[2] E.A. SMith (1884), Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean; British Museum (Natural History)

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Conus martensi

Shell of Conus martensi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. martensi
Binomial name
*Conus martensi* E. A. Smith, 1884
Synonyms ^[1]
Conus (Rhizoconus) sazankaShikama, 1970 (basionym) Conus (Splinoconus) martensiE. A. Smith, 1884 · accepted, alternate representation Conus (Splinoconus) sazankaShikama, 1970 Conus kurzi Petuch, 1974 Conus sazanka Shikama, 1970 Dendroconus martensi (E. A. Smith, 1884) Isoconus martensi(E. A. Smith, 1884) Isoconus sazanka(Shikama, 1970) Kioconus (Isoconus) kurzi(Petuch, 1974) Kioconus (Isoconus) martensi(E. A. Smith, 1884) Kioconus (Isoconus) sazanka(Shikama, 1970) Kioconus martensi(E. A. Smith, 1884) Kioconus sazanka(Shikama, 1970) Rhizoconus yoshioiAzuma, 1973