Conus monile

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Conus monile
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Apertural view of Conus monile
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. monile
Binomial name
Conus monile
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Strategoconus) monileHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus cereolusRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Conus marmoreusPerry, G., 1811
  • Conus ornatusRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Cucullus cereolusRöding, 1798
  • Cucullus ornatusRöding, 1798
  • Strategoconus monileHwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus monile, common name the necklace cone, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]

Contents

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 95 mm. The chestnut-flamed spire is nearly plane, with a raised apex. The body whorl is closely striate below, and generally chestnut-stained at the base. The color of the shell is white, with oblique flames, spots and short lines of chestnut, arranged in revolving series. [3]

Distribution

The raised apex of the spire of Conus monile Conus monile 002.jpg
The raised apex of the spire of Conus monile

This species occurs in the Northeast Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka to Western Thailand

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References

  1. ↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  2. 1 2 Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 August 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 34; 1879
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