Conus amadis

Conus amadis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus amadis Gmelin, J.F., 1791
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. amadis
Binomial name
Conus amadis
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Leptoconus) amadis Gmelin, 1791 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus amadis var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1937 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Conus amadis var. castaneofasciata Dautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus arbornatalis da Motta, 1978
  • Conus subacutus Fenaux, 1942
  • Cucullus venustus Röding, 1798
  • Leptoconus amadis var. castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg, 1937
  • Leptoconus arbornatalis da Motta, 1978
  • Leptoconus subacutus Fenaux, 1942

Conus amadis, common name: the Amadis cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails or cones.[1]

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.

A shell of Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 110 mm. The spire is striate, channeled, concavely elevated, sharp-pointed. It has a sharp shoulder angle. The lower part of body whorl is punctured and grooved The color of the shell is orange-brown to chocolate, thickly covered with large and small subtriangular white spots, which by their varied disposition sometimes form a white central band, or dark bands above and below the center, the latter occasionally bearing articulated revolving lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin, in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia, New Caledonia and Polynesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2011.
  2. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 30; 1884
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