Conus fuscoflavus

Conus fuscoflavus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus fuscoflavus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. fuscoflavus
Binomial name
Conus fuscoflavus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Africonus fuscoflavus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980) Conus (Lautoconus) fuscoflavus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980 - accepted, alternate representation

Apertural view of Conus fuscoflavus

Conus fuscoflavus 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 15 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.

References

• 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. 4 September 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp\

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Gastropods.com: Africonus fuscoflavus; accessed 23 July 2011
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• 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

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