Conus balteatus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus balteatus
| image = Conus balteatus 001.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Conus balteatus
| authority = G. B. Sowerby I, 1833Sowerby (II), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|215490|Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833||16 July 2011}}
| synonyms =
- Conus (Coronaxis) cernicus H. Adams, 1869
- Conus (Floraconus) balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus (Rhizoconus) anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008
- Conus (Splinoconus) gilberti (Bozzetti, 2012)
- Conus (Splinoconus) olgiatii Bozzetti, 2007
- Conus anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008
- Conus balteatus pigmentatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
- Conus cernicus H. Adams, 1869
- Conus circumclausus Fenaux, 1942
- Conus gilberti (Bozzetti, 2012)
- Conus moussoni Crosse, 1865
- Conus olgiatii Bozzetti, 2007
- Conus pigmentatus Adams A. and Reeve L.A. 1848Adams, A., and Reeve, L. A., 1848. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang: Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S.. Mollusca, pt. 1
- Conus propinquus E. A. Smith, 1877
- Conus tenuisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Dendroconus balteatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Nitidoconus balteatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Nitidoconus gilberti (Bozzetti, 2012)
- Rhizoconus anosyensis (Bozzetti, 2008)
- Rolaniconus balteatus cernicus (f) "Barclay, D.W. MS" Adams, H.G., 1869
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Conus balteatus, common name the Mauritian 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.
The subspecies: Conus balteatus pigmentatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 is accepted as Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 42 mm. The shell is olive-brown or brown violaceous, with a more or less irregular white band below the middle, and another one below the tuberculated spire. The interior of the aperture is tinged with violet.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 21; 1879
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, southeast Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea)
Gallery
Below are several color forms and one subspecies:
File:Conus balteatus 1.jpg|Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
File:Conus balteatus 2.jpg|Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
File:Conus balteatus pigmentatus 1.jpg|Conus balteatus pigmentatus Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1848
References
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- Smith, E. A. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Conidae and Terebridae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19: 222–231.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Bozzetti L. (2007) Conus olgiatii (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 54: 16–17.{{Self-published inline|date=November 2024|certain=y}}
- Bozzetti L. (2008) Conus anosyensis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 15{{Self-published inline|date=November 2024|certain=y}}
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
- Bozzetti L. (2012) Two new species of Conidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Southern and South-Western Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 74: 4-6. [February 2012]{{Self-published inline|date=November 2024|certain=y}}
- [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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]
- Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 25-75.
External links
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- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=3899|title=Rolaniconus balteatus|access-date=15 January 2019}}
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea]
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