Conus nobilis

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Conus nobilis
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. nobilis
Binomial name
Conus nobilis
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Eugeniconus) nobilisLinnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus cervulus"Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Conus nobilis friedaeda Motta, 1991
  • Conus nobilis nobilisLinnaeus, 1758
  • Eugeniconus friedaeda Motta, 1991
  • Eugeniconus nobilis(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Eugeniconus nobilis nobilis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Conus nobilis, common name the noble cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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.

Subspecies

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 71 mm. The spire is depressed, with sulcate and finely striate volutions. The shoulder angles are sharp. The color of the shell is yellowish brown or chestnut, with close revolving lines of numerous small chestnut spots. The whole surface is irregularly overlaid by triangular large white spots. [3]

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Conus nobilis victor

Distribution

This marine species is found in sublittoral and deeper waters of the Indo-Pacific from Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands along Sumatra and Java to Timor; along the Marquesas Islands.

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References

  1. ↑ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192558A2114904. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192558A2114904.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 August 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 30; 1884
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