Conus venulatus

Conus venulatus

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. venulatus
Binomial name
*Conus venulatus* Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Kalloconus) venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus nivifer G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 Conus nivosus Lamarck, 1810 Conus quaestor Lamarck, 1810 Trovaoconus venulatus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus venulatus, common name the Cape Verde cone, is 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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 27 mm and 55 mm. The color of the shell varies from light chestnut to dark chocolate, with indistinct darker revolving lines, irregularly marbled throughout with white. The spire and lower part of the body whorl are striate. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.

References

1 2 Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
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.

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