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Conus moluccensis

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

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.

Subspecies

  • Conus moluccensis marielae <small>Rehder & Wilson, 1975</small>: synonym of Conus marielae <small>Rehder & Wilson, 1975</small>
  • Conus moluccensis moluccensis <small>Küster, 1838</small>: synonym of Conus moluccensis <small>Küster, 1838</small>
  • Conus moluccensis vappereaui <small>Monteiro, 2009</small>: synonym of Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30&nbsp;mm and 60&nbsp;mm. The coronated shell is yellowish white, marbled and streaked with chestnut, with minute revolving lines of granules, which are often somewhat articulated red-brown and white.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off Fiji, Indo-China, Indonesia, Maldives, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands; off Australia (Queensland).

References

  • Küster, H.C. 1838. Die Gattung Conus. 121 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Mayissian, S. 1974. Coquillages de Nouvelle-Caledonie et Melanesie. Place of publishing unknown : Privately published 72 pp., 28 pls.
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  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
  • Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88–90.
  • 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

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