Conus varius
{{short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus varius
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| image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus varius Linnaeus, C., 1758
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|215511|Conus varius Linnaeus, 1758||27 March 2010}}
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- Conus (Strategoconus) varius Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus hevassii A. Adams, 1855
- Conus pulchellus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus pulchellus Swainson, 1822)
- Cucullus annularis Röding, 1798
- Cucullus granulosus Röding, 1798
- Cucullus radula Röding, 1798
- Rolaniconus varius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Stephanoconus varius Habe, T. 1964
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Conus varius, common name the freckled 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 the shell varies between 30 mm and 61 mm. The color of the shell is white, marbled with orange, rose, chestnut or chocolate, with sometimes revolving lines of spots. The spire contains rather small tubercles. The basal half of the body whorl shows revolving grooves. The upper half of the body whorl shows revolving rows of tubercles, which become more distinct towards the spire.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, the Mascarene Islands and Aldabra; off Fiji and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).
References
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- [http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613040751/http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 |date=13 June 2017 }}
- Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
- Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1834. Conus. pls 54–57 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd).
- Weinkauff, H.C. 1874. Die Familie der Conae oder Conidae. pp. 252–253 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.
- {{cite journal | last1 = Adams | first1 = A | year = 1854 | title = Descriptions of new species of the Genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq | journal = Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | volume = 1853 | issue = 21| pages = 116–119 }}
- Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the Western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
- 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.
- {{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mollus/eyu055 |last1=Puillandre|first1=N.|last2=Duda|first2=T.F.|last3=Meyer|first3=C.|last4=Olivera|first4=B.M.|last5=Bouchet|first5=P.|year=2015|title=One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails|journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies|volume=81|issue=1|pages=1–23|pmc=4541476|pmid=26300576}}
External links
- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=760|title=Rolaniconus varius|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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