Conus moluccensis

Conus moluccensis
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus moluccensisKuester, H.C., 1838
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. moluccensis
Binomial name
	Conus moluccensis; Küster, 1838
Synonyms
	Conus (Phasmoconus) moluccensisKüster, 1838 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus grondiniLarue, 1995 (unavailable name: proposed conditionally); Conus merletiMayissian, 1974; Conus moluccensis f. merletiMayissian, 1974 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank); Conus moluccensis moluccensisKüster, 1838; Conus stainforthiiReeve, 1843; Fulgiconus moluccensis(Küster, 1838); Fulgiconus moluccensis f. merleti(Mayissian, 1974) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank); Phasmoconus merleti(Mayissian, 1974); Phasmoconus moluccensis(Küster, 1838);

Last updated March 25, 2024

Conus moluccensis, common name the Molucca cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

Subspecies

Conus moluccensis marielaeRehder & Wilson, 1975: synonym of Conus marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975
Conus moluccensis moluccensisKüster, 1838: synonym of Conus moluccensisKüster, 1838
Conus moluccensis vappereauiMonteiro, 2009:^[3]^[4] synonym of Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 ^[5]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. The coronated shell is yellowish white, marbled and streaked with chestnut, with minute revolving lines of granules, which are often somewhat articulated red-brown and white.^[6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin;^[2] off Fiji, Indo-China, Indonesia, Maldives, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands; off Australia (Queensland).

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References

↑ Küster, H. C., 1838. Coneae, oder Conidae, I. Conus, Linne. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, neu herausgegeben und vervollstdndigt von H.C. Küster, 2.
1 2 3 Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 July 2011.
↑ Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 February 2010.
↑ Monteiro (2009). Visaya2(5): 88–90.
↑ Rehder H. A. & Wilson B. R. (1975). "New Species of Marine Mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1–16. pp. 14–16. PDF.
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 26; 1879

Küster, H.C. 1838. Die Gattung Conus. 121 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Mayissian, S. 1974. Coquillages de Nouvelle-Caledonie et Melanesie. Place of publishing unknown : Privately published 72 pp., 28 pls.
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1974). "The Taxonomy of Some Indo-Pacific Mollusca with Description of a New Species: Part 2". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 11: 121–142. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906211. Wikidata Q58676983., 38 figs
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88–90.
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
"Fulgiconus moluccensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

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[1] Küster, H. C., 1838. Coneae, oder Conidae, I. Conus, Linne. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, neu herausgegeben und vervollstdndigt von H.C. Küster, 2.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 3 Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 July 2011.

[3] Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 February 2010.

[4] Monteiro (2009). Visaya2(5): 88–90.

[5] Rehder H. A. & Wilson B. R. (1975). "New Species of Marine Mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1–16. pp. 14–16. PDF.

[6] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 26; 1879

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