Conus ferrugineus

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

Conus ferrugineus
Apertural view of Conus ferrugineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. ferrugineus
Binomial name
Conus ferrugineus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Strategoconus) ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus chenui Crosse, 1857
  • Conus loebbeckeanus Weinkauff, 1873
  • Conus mirmillo Crosse, 1865
  • Conus sophiae Brazier, 1875
  • Vituliconus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

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 an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 93 mm. The thin shell has a depressed carinate and striate spire, which is yellowish, maculated with brown. The body whorl is striated below, yellowish, with two series of longitudinal forked and irregular dark brown markings, interrupted in the middle and at the base. There are traces of distant narrow brown revolving lines. The aperture is white.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to the Marquesas islands, off Australia (Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia) and New Caledonia.

References
  1. Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586–757
  2. Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 July 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 50 (described as Conus chenui)
  • Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i-xviii, 757 pp.
  • Crosse, H. 1857. Description d'un espèce novene (Conus chenui). Journal de Conchyliologie 6: 381–382
  • Crosse, H. 1865. Description de cones nouveaux provenant de la collection Cuming. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 299–315
  • Weinkauff, H.C. 1873. Die Gattung Conus. pp. 204–221 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe.
  • Brazier, J. 1875. Description of fourteen new species of terrestrial, fluviatile and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 1–9
  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
  • 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. 4 September 2009 Edition
  • 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
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • "Vituliconus ferrugineus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Syntype in MNHN, Paris
  • Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
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