Conus pennaceus
| Conus pennaceus |
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| Two views of a shell of Conus pennaceus |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Conoidea |
| Family: |
Conidae |
| Subfamily: |
Coninae |
| Genus: |
Conus |
| Species: |
C. pennaceus |
| Binomial name |
Conus pennaceus
Born, 1778 [1] |
| Synonyms[2] |
- Conus aureus Röding, P.F., 1798
- Conus bazarutensis Fernades & Monteiro, 1988
- Conus behelokensis Lauer, 1989
- Conus colubrinus Lamarck, 1810
- Conus elisae Kiener, 1850
- Conus episcopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus episcopus mauritiensis Lauer, 1992
- Conus ganensis Delsaerdt, 1988
- Conus marmoricolor Melvill, 1900
- Conus mauritiensis Lauer, 1992
- Conus omaria var. marmoricolor Melvill, 1900
- Conus pennaceus bazarutensis Fernandes & Monteiro, 1988
- Conus pennaceus corbieri Blöcher, 1994
- Conus pennaceus tsara Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000
- Conus pennaceus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000
- Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus purus Pease, W.H., 1863, "1862"
- Conus quasimagnificus Reeve, 1843
- Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
- Conus rubiginosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus rubropennatus Da Motta, 1982
- Conus sindon Reeve, 1844
- Conus stellatus Kiener, 1845
- Cucullus gentilis Röding, 1798
- Darioconus pennaceus (Born, 1778)
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Conus pennaceus, common name the feathered cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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 are two subspecies :
- Conus pennaceus behelokensis Lauer, 1989
- Conus pennaceus echo Lauer, 1988
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 88 mm. The color of the shell varies from orange-brown to chocolate, covered by minute white spots, and overlaid by larger white triangular spots, sometimes forming bands at the shoulder, middle and base. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii.
References
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
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