Conus voluminalis

Conus voluminalis, common name the voluminous cone or the roller cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus voluminalis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus voluminalis Reeve, L.A., 1843
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. voluminalis
Binomial name
Conus voluminalis
Reeve, 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Splinoconus) voluminalis Reeve, 1843 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus clandestinatous Shikama, 1979
  • Conus (Ammirales) filicinctus Schepman, 1913
  • Conus macarae Bernardi, 1857
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) clandestinatous Shikama, T. 1979
  • Kioconus voluminalis macarae Bernardi, 1857

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 30 mm and 72 mm. The color of the shell is whitish or yellowish white, usually faintly lined with yellow or light chestnut, with two bands of irregular longitudinal light chestnut blotches.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Maldives to Western Australia; off the Ryukyu Islands. & Taiwan; off the Solomons & Papua New Guinea

References
  1. Conus voluminalis Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Bernardi, M. 1857. Description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 6: 53–57
  • Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
  • Shikama, T. 1979. Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific Ocean (II). Science Reports of the Yokosuka City Museum 26: 1–6
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
  • 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
  • Conus voluminalis Reeve, L.A., 1843
  • Conus voluminalis Reeve, L.A., 1843
  • Conus voluminalis Reeve, L.A., 1843
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