Conus figulinus

Conus figulinus
Apertural view of a shell of Conus figulinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. figulinus
Binomial name
Conus figulinus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleobula figulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus lucirensis Paes Da Franca, 1957
  • Conus violascens Barros e Cunha, 1933.
  • Dendroconus figulinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Dendroconus loroisii violascens (f) Barros & C.M.I. Cunha, 1933

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

The following varieties or subspecies have become synonyms:

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 135 mm. The shell has a chestnut color, encircled by numerous, unbroken, narrow chocolate lines. The spire is chocolate-colored. The body whorl is occasionally narrowly light-banded in the middle.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, India and Australia (Queensland).

References

  1. 1 2 Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 July 2011.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 16; 1879
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