Conus nocturnus

Conus nocturnus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus nocturnus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus nocturnus (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. nocturnus
Binomial name
Conus nocturnus
sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Conus) nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
  • Conus nocturnus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym and homonym of Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786)

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 45 mm and 86 mm. The pattern of the markings are essentially the same as in Conus marmoreus, but the chocolate-color coalesces into two broad irregular bands within which the triangular white spots appear only occasionally. In Conus deburghiae the surface is sometimes granular in the revolving lines, and the nodules are compressed.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, off Mauritius, Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea.

References
  1. Conus nocturnus sensu Lightfoot, 1786. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2009.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • "Conus (Conus) nocturnus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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