Conus muriculatus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus muriculatus
| image = Conus muriculatus 002.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of Conus muriculatus
| authority = G. B. Sowerby I, 1833Sowerby (I), G. B. Jr., 1833. Conus. pls 24–37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd).
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|428213|Conus muriculatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833||1 August 2011}}
| synonyms =
- Conus muriculatus var. laevigata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus laevigatus Link, 1807)
- Conus sugillatus Reeve, 1843
- Conus (Kermasprella) muriculatus laevigata (f) Sowerby, G.B. I & II, 1833
- Conus (Lividoconus) muriculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
- Lividoconus muriculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
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Conus muriculatus, common name the muricate 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.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 50 mm. The solid shell has straight sides, and a short conical spire. The shoulder is sharply angulated and tuberculated. The body whorl is strongly striate towards the base, encircled throughout with lines of granules. The color of the shell is white, violet-tinged towards the base, with two light chestnut or yellowish brown, broad, irregular and somewhat indistinct bands.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 26; 1879
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin to Western Australia; in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to New Caledonia, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and French Polynesia; off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).
References
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- Reeve, L.A. 1843. Descriptions of new species of shells figured in the 'Conchologia Iconica'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 169–197
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
- 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.
- 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
- [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]
Gallery
File:Conus muriculatus 1.jpg|Conus muriculatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
File:Conus muriculatus 2.jpg|Conus muriculatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
External links
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- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=3903|title=Lividoconus muriculatus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea]
- [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]
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