Conus timorensis

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

Conus timorensis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus timorensis Hwass in Bruguiиre, J.G., 1792
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. timorensis
Binomial name
Conus timorensis
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Textilia) timorensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus euschemon Tomlin, 1937
  • Conus gracilis Wood, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus gracilis G.B. Sowerby I, 1823; C. euschemon is a replacement name)
  • Conus vespertinus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
  • Textilia timorensis (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

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 13 mm and 50 mm. The smooth shell is striate towards the base. Its color is rosy white, with orange-rose clouds and distant revolving series of spots.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarenes; also off Timor, Flores and New Guinea.

References
Notes
  1. Conus timorensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Sources
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.


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