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Conus ventricosus mediterraneus

Conus ventricosus mediterraneus is a subspecies 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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 63 mm. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous; sometimes chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated; and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, light band below the middle. The elevated spire is rudely gradate and maculated. The interior of the shell is light chocolate, with a light band.

Distribution

This subspecies occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, but not in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

Synonyms

  • Conus adriaticus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus alticonica <small>Pallary, 1904</small>
  • Conus amazonicus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus ammiralis var. americanus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
  • Conus caffer <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882</small>
  • Conus caillaudi <small>Jay, 1846</small>
  • Conus chersoideus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus cinctus <small>Bosc, 1801</small>
  • Conus cinereus <small>Delle Chiaje & Poli, 1826</small>
  • Conus clodianus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus cretheus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus elpus <small>De Gregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus epaphus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus erosus <small>Renier, 1804</small>
  • Conus franciscanus <small>Hwass in Bruguière, 1792</small>
  • Conus galloprovincialis <small>Locard, 1886</small>
  • Conus galloprovincialis var. lineolata <small>Locard & Caziot, 1900</small>
  • Conus galloprovincialis var. minor <small>Locard & Caziot, 1900</small>
  • Conus glaucescens <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1834</small>
  • Conus grossii <small>Maravigna, 1853</small>
  • Conus guestieri <small>Lorois, 1860</small>
  • Conus hanleyi <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1857</small> Conus hanley Conus hanley
  • Conus herillus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus humilis <small>von Salis Marschlins, 1793</small>
  • Conus ignobilis <small>Olivi, 1792</small>
  • Conus ignobilis var. rufa <small>Scacchi, 1836</small>
  • Conus inaequalis <small>Reeve, 1849</small>
  • Conus intermedius <small>Lamarck, 1810</small>
  • Conus istriensis <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus jamaicensis <small>Hwass in Bruguière, 1792</small>
  • Conus jaspis <small>von Salis Marschlins, 1793</small>
  • Conus madurensis <small>Hwass in Bruguière, 1792</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus f. gaudiosus <small>Nicolay, 1978</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. acuta <small>Requien, 1848</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. alalmus <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. alba <small>Coen, 1933</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. albina <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. alticonica <small>Pallary, 1904</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. amigus <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. arenaria <small>Monterosato, 1917</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. ater <small>Philippi, 1836</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. caerulescens <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. carinata <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. castanea <small>Coen, 1933</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. debilis <small>Monterosato, 1917</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. elongata <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. emisus <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. fasciata <small>Requien, 1848</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. flammulata <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. flavescens <small>Coen, 1933</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. fusca <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. interrupta <small>Coen, 1933</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. lutea <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. major <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. marmoratus <small>Philippi, 1836</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. minor <small>Monterosato, 1878</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. oblonga <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. obtusa <small>Requien, 1848</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. pallida <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. persistens <small>Kobelt, 1906</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. pretunculus <small>Monterosato, 1917</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. rubens <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. rufatra <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. scalare <small>Dautzenberg, 1911</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. scalaris <small>Pallary, 1912</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. subconcolor <small>Requien, 1848</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. subviridis <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus mediterraneus var. vayssierei <small>Kobelt, 1906</small>
  • Conus olivaceus <small>von Salis Marschlins, 1793</small>
  • Conus olivaceus <small>Kiener, 1845</small>
  • Conus pallans <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus phegeus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus postdiluvianus <small>Risso, 1826</small>
  • Conus rusticus <small>Poli, 1826</small>
  • Conus siculus <small>DelleChiaje, 1828</small>
  • Conus stercutius <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus submediterraneus <small>Locard, 1886</small>
  • Conus thuscus <small>Nardo, 1847</small>
  • Conus trunculus <small>Monterosato, 1899</small>
  • Conus vayssierei var. ossea <small>Monterosato, 1917</small>
  • Conus ventricosus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
  • Conus ventricosus var. elpus <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Conus ventricosus var. empismus <small>DeGregorio, 1885</small>
  • Lautoconus noeformis <small>Monterosato, 1923</small>

References

  • 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 4, 2009 Edition.

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