Conus pulcher

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Conus pulcher
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A shell of Conus pulcher
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. pulcher
Binomial name
Conus pulcher
[Lightfoot], 1786 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Kalloconus) pulcher[Lightfoot], 1786 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus archithalassiusLink, 1807
  • Conus bicolorG. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (May) (invalid: junior homonym of Conus bicolorG.B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March])
  • Conus breviculusG. B. Sowerby II, 1833
  • Conus fluctiferDillwyn, 1817
  • Conus grandisG. B. Sowerby I, 1823
  • Conus leoninusGmelin, 1791 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus leoninus[Lightfoot], 1786)
  • Conus nicoliiWilson, 1831
  • Conus papilionaceusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus papillarisG. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  • Conus prometheusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus pulcher pulcher[Lightfoot], 1786
  • Cucullus achatinusRöding, 1798 (nomen dubium)
  • Cucullus indiaeRöding, 1798
  • Kalloconus pulcher([Lightfoot], 1786)
  • Kalloconus pulcher pulcher([Lightfoot], 1786)

Conus pulcher, common name the butterfly 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. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

There is one subspecies : Conus pulcher siamensisHwass in Bruguière, 1792

A Shell of albinistic and of regular colour, both with periostracum. Conus pulcher albino 155a.jpg
A Shell of albinistic and of regular colour, both with periostracum.

According to Bernard, experts do not agree on the identity of this cone and therefore it seemed better to separate it into two varieties, according to their habitat. Bernard thus mentions two Conus pulcher varieties: C. pulcher f. papilionaceus (Lightfoot, 1786) and C. pulcher f. prometheus (Lightfoot, 1786)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 260 mm. This is the largest of the cone snails. The shell is narrow and rather thin. It is longitudinally finally striate. The acuminate spire is sulcate. The color of the shell is variable white to cream, variegated with numerous lines of short dashes and spots of light to darker chestnut. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off (Guinea, Senegal, Angola)

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References

  1. ↑ Lightfoot, J., 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, Lately the Property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, Deceased; Which will be sold by Auction
  2. 1 2 Conus pulcher [Lightfoot, 1786]. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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