Conus nimbosus

Conus nimbosus
Apertural view of Conus nimbosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. nimbosus
Binomial name
Conus nimbosus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus tenellus Holten, 1802
  • Conus tenellus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Nimboconus nimbosus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Rolaniconus nimbosus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus nimbosus, common name the stormy cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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 33 mm and 65 mm. The color of the rather smooth shell is rosy or violaceous white, with two faint chestnut bands, closely encircled by lines of small chocolate dots. The body whorl shows close revolving grooves. The spire is rather flat and has a greyish white apex.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles, India, and Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Samoa.

References

  1. ↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  2. 1 2 Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 82; 1884
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