Conus magnificus

Conus magnificus, common name the "magnificent cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus magnificus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus magnificus Reeve, L.A., 1843
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. magnificus
Binomial name
Conus magnificus
Reeve, 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Darioconus) magnificus Reeve, 1843 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Darioconus magnificus (Reeve, 1843)

The subspecies Conus magnificus macilentus Lauer, 1989is a synonym of Conus episcopatus da Motta, 1982

Distribution

This is a marine Indo-Pacific species, excluding Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland)

Shell description

The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 92 mm. The shell is intricately marked with a white ground color overlaid with brown to red brown.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus magnificus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215551 on 2015-10-25
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
  • Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, pp. 1–391.
  • 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.
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • 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
  • Conus magnificus - A picture of the shell of this species.
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Darioconus magnificus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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