Conus striatus

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Conus striatus
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A shell of Conus striatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. striatus
Binomial name
Conus striatus
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Pionoconus) striatus(Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus chusakida Motta, 1978 [3]
  • Conus floridusG. B. Sowerby II, 1858
  • Conus huberiThach, 2018
  • Conus leoninusLightfoot, 1786
  • Hermes striatus(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pionoconus striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Conus striatus, common name the striated cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]

Contents

These snails are predatory and venomous. While they are piscivorous (eat fishes), they are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

Description

Abapertural view of the shell of Conus striatus Conus striatus.shell002.jpg
Abapertural view of the shell of Conus striatus

The large, slim shell has a varying length between 44 mm and 129 mm. It is irregularly clouded with pink-white and chestnut or chocolate, with fine close revolving striae, forming the darker ground-color by close colored lines. The pointed spire is tessellated with chestnut or chocolate brown and white. Its shoulders are rounded and its sutures deep. The whorls are slightly channeled, carinate and striate. The outer lip shows a pronounced posterior flare. [4] [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), New Zealand, New Caledonia and Thailand.

It also occurs in the Hawaiian islands. Subspecies juliaallaryae also occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. Duda, T. (2013). "Conus striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192321A2073367. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192321A2073367.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
  3. Conus chusaki
  4. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 85; 1879