Conus milneedwardsi

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Conus milneedwardsi
Apertural view of a shell of Conus milneedwardsii
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. milneedwardsi
Binomial name
Conus milneedwardsi
Jousseaume, 1894 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus clytospira Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Conus eduardi Delsaerdt, 1997
  • Conus lemuriensis Wils & Delsaerdt, 1989
  • Leptoconus milneedwardsi (Jousseaume, 1894)

Conus milneedwardsi, known to collectors as the "Glory of India", 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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 46 mm and 185 mm. This species has a rather thin and slender shell with a smooth surface, an acuminate Spire and an angulate shoulder. The color of the shell is white with two chocolate spiral bands on the body whorl. This body whorl shows a pattern of axial reddish brown reticulated lines forming white triangles or quadrangular markings.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along the African coast from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to the Red Sea

The subspecies C. m. clytospira Melvill & Standen, 1899 occurs from Pakistan to India and Sri Lanka, C. m. lemuriensis Wils & Delsaerdt, 1989 in the Indian ocean along Réunion and Mauritius.

References

  1. ↑ Jousseaume, F., 1894. Diagnose des Coquilles de Nouveaux Mollusques. Bulletin Société Philomathique de Paris, ser 8 vol. 6: 98 -105
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 July 2011.
  • Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 5(1): 63 - 66.
  • 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
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

  • Abapertural view

  • Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, F.P., 1894

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