Conus mozambicus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus mozambicus
| image =Conus mozambicus 1.jpg
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| image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
| authority = Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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- Conus (Floraconus) mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus altispiratus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
- Conus caffer Krauss, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus caffer Röding, 1798)
- Conus informis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus lautus Reeve, 1844
- Conus macei Crosse, 1865
- Conus mozambicus lautus Reeve, 1844
- Conus mozambicus mozambicus Hwass, 1792
- Sciteconus mozambicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
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Conus mozambicus, common name the Mozambique cone or the elongate cone, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails or cone shells.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus mozambicus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225458 on 2015-11-07
Distribution
Conus mozambicus cone is known off the southern African coast from Lüderitz Bay to Mossel Bay, subtidally in shallow water. The species is endemic to this region.Kilburn R. & Rippey E. 1982. Sea Shells of Southern Africa Macmillan {{ISBN|0-86954-094-7}} It is also found off Senegal and Mozambique.
Description
Conus mozambicus has a medium-sized shell which may grow to 65mm in total length. It has a sharply pointed spire. The shell colour is dull and mottled with brown, and there may be darker blotches at the shoulder. The spire of the shell is stepped.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2005. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa {{ISBN|0-86486-672-0}}
Ecology
Conus mozambicus feeds on polychaete worms. The egg capsules are vase-shaped and contain 19-23 eggs.
References
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- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218]
- [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]
External links
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- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=678|title=Floraconus mozambicus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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