Conus boeticus

Conus boeticus

Conus boeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. boeticus
Binomial name
*Conus boeticus* Reeve, 1844 ^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Conus (Splinoconus) boeticus Reeve, 1844 accpeted, alternate representation Conus cerinus Reeve, 1848 Conus fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 Conus lachrymosus Reeve, 1849 Conus meleus G. B. Sowerby III, 1913 Conus montillai Röckel, 1985 Conus nitidus Reeve, 1844 Conus rivularis Reeve, 1849 Conus ruppellii Reeve, 1848 Nitidoconus boeticus (Reeve, 1844) Nitidoconus montillai (Röckel, 1985) Rolaniconus boeticus (Reeve, 1844) Rolaniconus boeticus boeticus Reeve, 1844

Conus boeticus, common name : the boeticus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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 shell size varies between 15 mm and 40 mm. The striate spire is slightly tuberculate. The body whorl is granular, striate towards the base. The color of the shell is white, marbled with chestnut or chocolate, with revolving rows of chestnut spots. ^[6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, the Seychelles and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia.

References

↑ Reeve, L. A., 1844. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, 1
1 2 Conus boeticus Reeve, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2011.
↑ Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
↑ Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
↑ Filmer R.M. (2010) A taxonomic review of the Conus boeticus Reeve complex (Gastropoda - Conidae). Visaya 2(6): 21-80.
↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p.26; 1879

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Descriptions of new species of shells figured in the 'Conchologia Iconica'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 169-197
Reeve, L.A. 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 4-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249-279, pls 29-36.
Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1913. Descriptions of eight new marine Gastropoda mostly from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 11: 557-560
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Filmer R.M. (2010) A taxonomic review of the Conus boeticus Reeve complex (Gastropoda - Conidae). Visaya 2(6): 21-80 page(s): 24
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

Conus boeticus Reeve, L.A., 1844
Conus boeticus Reeve, L.A., 1844

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