Conus generalis

Conus generalis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus generalis Linnaeus, C., 1767
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. generalis
Binomial name
Conus generalis
Linnaeus, 1767[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Strategoconus) generalis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus generalis var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus generalis var. regenfussi Dautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus generalis var. subunicolor Dautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus krabiensis da Motta, 1982
  • Conus spiculum Reeve, 1849
  • Conus spirogloxus Deshayes, 1863
  • Cucullus dux Röding, 1798
  • Cucullus filosus Röding, 1798
  • Cucullus locumtenens Röding, 1798
  • Strategoconus spiculum (Reeve, L.A., 1849)
  • Strategoconus generalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Conus generalis Linnaeus, C., 1767

Conus generalis, common name the general cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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 45 mm and 105 mm. The thick, broad spire is rather plane, with a characteristic, small, acuminate, raised apex. The color of the shell is orange-brown to chocolate, irregularly white-banded at the shoulder, in the middle, and at the base. These two or three bands are overlaid with zigzag or irregular chocolate-colored markings. The aperture is white.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in various shallow substrates in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia and the Philippines and from Northwest Australia to French Polynesia and the Ryukyu Islands; in the Central Indian Ocean along the Maldives.

Synonyms

References

  1. Linnaeus, C., 1767. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, 12th ed., 1, pt. 2
  2. 1 2 Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 34

Below are several color forms:

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