Conus guinaicus

Conus guinaicus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. It is part of the genus Conus, more popularly known as cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]

Conus guinaicus
Apertural view of Conus guinaicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. guinaicus
Binomial name
Conus guinaicus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Lautoconus) gambiensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus (Lautoconus) pineaui Pin, 1989
  • Conus (Lautoconus) taslei Kiener, 1850
  • Conus gambiensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
  • Conus luridus A. Adams, 1854
  • Conus pineaui Pin, 1989
  • Conus taslei Kiener, 1850
  • Lautoconus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Lautoconus pineaui (Pin, 1989)
  • Lautoconus taslei (Kiener, 1850)
  • Lautoconus wolof Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
  • Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)· accepted, alternate representation

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 21.6 mm and 60 mm. The inflated shell is rather thin. The spire and lower portion of the body whorl are striate. The color of the shell is chestnut or olivaceous, with usually two bands of irregular white cloudings, and scattered white spots. The aperture has a chocolate color, faintly white-banded in the middle.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Gambia.

Conus guinaicus with a different color and pattern

References

  1. Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586–757
  2. WoRMS (2010). Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224280 on 2011-07-25
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 65; 1879
  • Pin, M.; Tack, K.D.L. (1995). Les cônes du Sénégal. [The Conidae of Senegal]. La Conchiglia 277(Suppl.): 1–55,
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). A new Lautoconus species radiation from Gambia, West Africa. The Festivus. 50(3): 164-172.

page(s): 360, pl. 110 fig. 3]

  • Adams A. (1854 ['1853"). Descriptions of new species of the genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 116-119]
  • 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
  • http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_guinaicus.htm
  • "Lautoconus guinaicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.