Conus amadis
Species of sea snail
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::summary Species of sea snail ::
| taxon = Conus amadis | image = Conus amadis 1.jpg | image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus amadis Gmelin, J.F., 1791 | authority = Gmelin, 1791 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =
- Conus (Leptoconus) amadis Gmelin, 1791 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus amadis var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1937 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
- Conus amadis var. castaneofasciata Dautzenberg, 1937
- Conus arbornatalis da Motta, 1978
- Conus subacutus Fenaux, 1942
- Cucullus venustus Röding, 1798
- Leptoconus amadis var. castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg, 1937
- Leptoconus arbornatalis da Motta, 1978
- Leptoconus subacutus Fenaux, 1942 | display_parents = 3
Conus amadis, common name: the Amadis cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails or cones.
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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Conus_amadis.jpg" caption="A shell of ''Conus amadis'' Gmelin, 1791"] ::
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 110 mm. The spire is striate, channeled, concavely elevated, sharp-pointed. It has a sharp shoulder angle. The lower part of body whorl is punctured and grooved The color of the shell is orange-brown to chocolate, thickly covered with large and small subtriangular white spots, which by their varied disposition sometimes form a white central band, or dark bands above and below the center, the latter occasionally bearing articulated revolving lines.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin, in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia, New Caledonia and Polynesia.
References
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- 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
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
- 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
Gallery
File:Conus amadis 2.jpg|Conus amadis Gmelin, J.F., 1791 File:Conus amadis 3.jpg|Conus amadis Gmelin, J.F., 1791 File:Conus amadis 4.jpg|Conus amadis Gmelin, J.F., 1791
References
- Kohn, A.. (2013). "''Conus amadis''".
- {{WRMS species. 215531. ''Conus amadis'' Gmelin, 1791. 12 July 2011
- [[George Washington Tryon]], Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 30; 1884
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