Conus lugubris

Conus lugubris
Drawing of a shell of Conus lugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Conidae
Genus:Conus
Species: C. lugubris
Binomial name
Conus lugubris
Reeve, 1849 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Africonus lugubris (Reeve, 1849)
  • Conus hieroglyphicus Kiener
  • Conus lugubris fuscus Barros e Cunha, 1933 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) lugubris Reeve, 1849 - accepted, alternate representation

Conus lugubris 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 the shell varies between 10 mm and 24 mm. The shell is finely striated, rudely ridged at the base with the ridges few and distant. The spire is conspicuously grooved. Its color is chocolate-black, obscurely reticulated here and there with numerous aggregated small white spots.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Reeve, L. A., 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i. Conus. Suppl
  2. 1 2 Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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