Conus inscriptus
Species of sea snail
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::summary Species of sea snail ::
| taxon = Conus inscriptus
| image = Conus inscriptus 001.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of Conus inscriptus
| authority = Reeve, 1843
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
- Asprella inscripta (Reeve, 1843)
- Asprella inscripta adenensis E. A. Smith, 1891
- Conus adenensis E. A. Smith, 1891
- Conus cavailloni Fenaux, 1942
- Conus cuneiformis E. A. Smith, 1877
- Conus evansi Bondarev, 2001
- Conus inscriptus f. meridionalis G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1989 (inavailable name: established as a form after 1960)
- Conus inscriptus indicus Röckel, 1979 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus magus var. indicus Weinkauff, 1874)
- Conus keatiformis Shikama, 1977
- Conus keatii G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
- Conus maculospira Pilsbry & Johnson, 1921
- Conus maculospira Pilsbry, 1922
- Conus maculospira bangladeshianus da Motta, 1985
- † Conus planiliratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850
- Conus planiliratus G. B. Sowerby III, 1870(invalid: junior homonym of Conus planiliratus G.B. Sowerby I, 1850 (fossil);Conus maculospira is a replacement name)
- Conus planiliratus var. batheon Sutrany, 1904
- Conus sartii Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2001
- Conus tegulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Conus (Phasmoconus) inscriptus Reeve, 1843 . accepted, alternative representation
- Graphiconus cavailloni (Fenaux, 1942)
- Graphiconus inscriptus (Reeve, 1843) | display_parents = 3
Conus inscriptus 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Conus_inscriptus_1.jpg" caption="''Conus inscriptus'' Reeve, L.A., 1843"] ::
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 65 mm. The shell is rather solid, smooth, grooved towards the base. Its color is ash-white, with dark chestnut hieroglyphic characters, interrupted by revolving series of spots in the middle and at the base.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; also found off Western Thailand and in the Aegean Sea (as an introduced alien)
References
- Smith, E. A. 1877. Description of a new species of Conus. Quarterly Journal of Conchology 1:202–204, 1 fig.
- 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
References
- Reeve, L. A., 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i: figures and descriptions of the shells of molluscs; with remarks on their affinities, synonymy, and geographical distribution, 1. Conus.
- {{WRMS species. 215573. ''Conus inscriptus'' Reeve, 1843. 26 July 2011
- [[George Washington Tryon]], Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p.65; 1879
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