Conus quercinus

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Conus quercinus
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Shell of Conus quercinusLightfoot, 1786, measuring 47.9 mm in height, trawled at 40 m off Maputa, in Africa
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. quercinus
Binomial name
Conus quercinus
[Lightfoot], 1786 Conus quercinus [Lightfoot, 1786]. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 July 2011.
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Lividoconus) quercinus[Lightfoot], 1786 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Calamiconus jeffreyiPetuch & Sargent, 2011
  • Calamiconus quercinusLightfoot, 1786
  • Cleobula albonerosaGarrard, 1966 (a synonym (form) of Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Conus akabensisG. B. Sowerby III, 1887 (synonym (colour form) of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus cingulumGmelin, 1791 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus egregiusG. B. Sowerby III, 1914 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus fulvostriatusFenaux, 1942 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus hepaticusKiener, 1845 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus jeffreyi(Petuch & Sargent, 2011)
  • Conus quercinusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus quercinus var. albus Shaw, 1915 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus quercinus var. ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus seuratiFenaux, 1942 (synonym of Conus quercinus) (nomen dubium)

Conus quercinus, common names the oak cone or the yellow cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]

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.

Shell of Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786, measuring 61.0 mm in height, collected in New Zealand. Conus quercinus 2.jpg
Shell of Conus quercinus[Lightfoot], 1786, measuring 61.0 mm in height, collected in New Zealand.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 140 mm. The shell has a lemon-yellow color, with numerous fine, rather close, chestnut revolving lines. In old specimens the revolving lines become obsolete. The spire is rather elevated, with a concave outline. The shoulder of the body whorl is obtusely angulated. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific including Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, Fiji, New Caledonia, in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar and Mauritius; off Eastern India, the tropical Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G.; Bank, R.A.; Bieler, R. (2015) MolluscaBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215439 on 2015-05-19
  2. ↑ 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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