Conus tinianus

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

Conus tinianus
A shell of Conus tinianus from Cape Agulhas, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. tinianus
Binomial name
Conus tinianus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Floraconus) tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
  • Conus aurora Lamarck, 1810
  • Conus fulvus G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
  • Conus kieneri Crosse, 1858 (nomen dubium)
  • Conus kraussi Turton, 1932
  • Conus lavendulus Bartsch, 1915 (color form)
  • Conus lavendulus approximata Turton, 1932
  • Conus loveni Krauss, 1848
  • Conus rosaceus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Conus secutor Crosse, 1865
  • Conus tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1833
  • Floraconus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Ketyconus tinianus (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 20 mm and 60 mm. The thin shell is striated towards the base. Its color is reddish chestnut clouded with gray, and irregularly ornamented with indistinct fillets of articulated white and chestnut. The spire is obtusely convex. The apex is rose-tinted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the east coast of South Africa.

  • Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

References
  1. Conus tinianus 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
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1810. Description des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 15: 422–442
  • Kohn, A.J. (1981). "Type specimens and identity of the described species of Conus VI. The species described 1801–1810". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71 (3): 279–341. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01134.x.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
  • Petit, R. E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1.
  • 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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