Conus tenuilineatus

Conus tenuilineatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus tenuilineatusRolan, E.M. & D. Rockel, 2001
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. tenuilineatus
Binomial name
Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001
Synonyms [1]
Conus (Lautoconus) tenuilineatusRolán & Röckel, 2001 · accepted, alternate representation Varioconus tenuilineatus(Rolán & Röckel, 2001)

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

Like all species within the genus Conus , these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging and injecting humans with their jagged spear-like tooth after extending a tubular proboscis. This venom induces paralyzing effects, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. ^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 29 mm, and are of least concern regarding extinction (2001). Ground colour of shell is white or light brown tinted with wavy or straight, brown, hair-lines from spire to base, flowing together at shoulder and base, occasionally punctated and forming traces of a spiral-band at the central area. Specimens from Santa Maria and Canoco may have light bluish-white ground colour and a light violet aperture with two white bands at centre and shoulder. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References

1. Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
2. "Conus tenuilineatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 14 February 2026.

• Rolán E. & Röckel D. 2001. The endemic Conus of Angola. 2. Description of three new species. Iberus 19(2): 57–66.
• 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC   4541476 . PMID   26300576.

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Varioconus tenuilineatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.