Conus striatellus

Conus striatellus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus striatellusLink, H.F., 1807
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. striatellus
Binomial name
	Conus striatellus; Link, 1807
Synonyms
	Conus (Strategoconus) striatellusLink, 1807 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus lictorBoivin, 1864; Conus lineatusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus lineatusSolander, 1766 (a fossil); C. pulchrelineatus is a replacement name); Conus lineatus granulosusBarros e Cunha, 1933; Conus pulchrelineatusHopwood, 1921; Vituliconus striatellus(Link, 1807);

Last updated March 09, 2024

Conus striatellus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

Thick shell is cylindrically turbinated, somewhat inflared, and varies in length between 25 mm and 90 mm. The spire is of varying height (mostly short), and with distant, spiral ridges on the lower half of the body whorl. The whole surface is distantly encircled by granular striae. The colouration is variable: often creamy orange, variously painted with chestnut longitudinal irregular streaks, usually forming three broad series or bands, zigzagging lines on upper part of body whorl and spire, and with brown bands across central and lower half of body whorl; or pale orange with white shoulder mottling and a central band. The aperture is bluish white.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Madagascar, Aldabra; in the Indo-Western Pacific; off Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu and Australia (Western Australia).

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References

1 2 3 Conus striatellus Link, 1807. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus spectrum var. lictor)

Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i-xviii, 757 pp.
Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben.
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.
Crosse, H. & Boivin, A. 1864. Description du cinq espèces nouvelles du genre Conus. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 33–40
Hopwood, A.T. 1921. Note on Conus lineatus Solander and Conus lineatus Brug. Journal of Conchology 16: 151
Barros e Cunha, J.G. de 1933. Catálogo decritivo das Conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 1 71: 5–224
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Vituliconus striatellus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 Conus striatellus Link, 1807. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus spectrum var. lictor)

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Conus striatellus

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus striatellusLink, H.F., 1807

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. striatellus
Binomial name
*Conus striatellus* Link, 1807
Synonyms ^[1]
Conus (Strategoconus) striatellusLink, 1807 · accepted, alternate representation Conus lictorBoivin, 1864 Conus lineatusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus lineatusSolander, 1766 (a fossil); C. pulchrelineatus is a replacement name) Conus lineatus granulosusBarros e Cunha, 1933 Conus pulchrelineatusHopwood, 1921 Vituliconus striatellus(Link, 1807)