Conus daucus

Conus daucus

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. daucus
Binomial name
*Conus daucus* Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Dauciconus) daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843 Conus caribbaeus var. circumpunctatus Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus castus Reeve, 1844 Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855 Conus croceus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 Conus daucus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus daucus var. luteus Krebs, 1864 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus luteus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) Conus mamillaris Green, 1830 Conus norai da Motta & G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992 Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810 Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Cucullus cardinalis Röding, 1798 Dauciconus daucus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Dauciconus daucus daucus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus daucus, common name the carrot cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[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.

There is one subspecies Conus daucus riosi Petuch, 1986

Description

The shell length varies between 19 mm and 66 mm.^[2] The color of the shell is lemon- or orange-brown, grooved towards the base, with a pale, sometimes interrupted central band, and encircled throughout by rows of small chestnut spots often obsolete. The spire is sometimes maculated with pale chestnut. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, off Northeast Brazil, the North Atlantic Ridge, the Red Sea, and in the Indian Oean off the Mascarene Basin.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 120 m.^[2]

References

1 2 Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Da Motta A.J. & Raybaudi G. (1992) A new Conus (Gastropoda: Conidae) species found in Martinique. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 16: 61-64.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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

Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

External links

Taxon identifiers	GBIF: 5193223 ITIS: 75285 IUCN: 192370 NCBI: 257324 Fossilworks: 147375 WoRMS: 420208

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