• Source: Conus ochroleucus

    • Conus ochroleucus, common name the prefect cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
    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.

    Subspecies

    Conus ochroleucus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791
    Conus ochroleucus tmetus Tomlin, 1937 (synonyms : Asprella ochroleuca tmetus (Tomlin, J.R. le B., 1937); Conus pilkeyi Petuch, 1974; Conus sulciferus A. Adams, 1855; Phasmoconus pilkeyi Petuch, E.J., 1974)


    Description


    The size of an adult shell varies between 40mm and 88mm. The shell is long and narrow, distantly grooved towards the base. Its color is yellowish brown, variously shaded, with a rather indistinct median lighter band. The white aperture is somewhat wider anteriorly. The striate and acuminate spire is maculated with yellowish brown and white.


    Distribution


    This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Fiji; in the Indian Ocean off India.


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    References



    Bruguière, 1792 Histoire naturelle des vers. In: Encyclopédie méthodique, vol. 1(2), p. 345–758
    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. September 4, 2009 Edition
    Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
    Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
    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


    External links



    The Conus Biodiversity website
    "Graphiconus ochroleucus tmetus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
    "Graphiconus ochroleucus ochroleucus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
    Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
    Holotype in MNHN, Paris

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