Conus milneedwardsi
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| Apertural view of a shell of Conus milneedwardsii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. milneedwardsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.
- Subspecies
- Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen, 1899
- Conus milneedwardsi eduardi Delsaerdt, 1997
- Conus milneedwardsi lemuriensis Wils & Delsaerdt, 1989
- Conus milneedwardsi milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894: common name: the Glory of India cone
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 off Madagascar and off the African coast from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to the Red Sea; in the China 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
- ↑ Jousseaume, F., 1894. Diagnose des Coquilles de Nouveaux Mollusques. Bulletin Société Philomathique de Paris, ser 8 vol. 6: 98 -105
- 1 2 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.
- 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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Abapertural view
Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, F.P., 1894
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Gastropods.com: Leptoconus milneedwardsi milneedwardsi
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
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