Conus araneosus

Conus araneosus
Apertural view of Conus araneosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. araneosus
Binomial name
Conus araneosus
sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Conus) araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus arachnoideus Gmelin, 1791
  • Conus arachnoideus bizonata (f) Crosse, H., 1858
  • Conus araneosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus cassis "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Conus monstrosus Küster, 1838
  • Conus peplum G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
  • Conus reticulatus Perry, 1811
  • Cucullus arenosus Röding, 1798
  • Cucullus stercusmuscarum Röding, 1798

Conus araneosus, common name the cobweb cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 48 mm and 100mm. The shell is very closely reticulated with white and light chestnut, the white spots crowded and irregular in size, the chestnut lines forming two interrupted, irregular bands. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Conus araneosus sensu Lightfoot, 1786 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2011.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI; 1884
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