Conus mitratus

Conus mitratus

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

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. mitratus
Binomial name
*Conus mitratus* Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Turriconus) mitratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation Conus mitraeformis (misspelling) Conus mitraeformis var. pupaeformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 Gastridium mitratus Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975 Hermes (Leporiconus) mitratus Habe, T. 1964 Leporiconus mitratus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Mitraconus mitratus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus mitratus, common name the mitred 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 18 mm and 50 mm. The shell is covered with granulated revolving striae. Its color is white, encircled near the shoulder, on the middle and base by large chestnut maculations, forming three interrupted bands. The spire is maculated with brown.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the entire tropical Indo-Pacific (not Red Sea, Hawaii); off Australia (Queensland).

References

1 2 Conus mitratus 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

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Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the Western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, pp. 1–391.
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 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

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