Conus araneosus

Conus araneosus
Apertural view of Conus araneosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Subfamily:	Coninae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. araneosus
Binomial name
Conus araneosus sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
Conus arachnoideus Gmelin, 1791 Conus arachnoideus bizonata (f) Crosse, H., 1858 Conus araneosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cassis "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817 Conus monstrosus Küster, 1838 Conus peplum G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus reticulatus Perry, 1811 Cucullus arenosus Röding, 1798 Cucullus stercusmuscarum Röding, 1798

Conus araneosus, common name the cobweb cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[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 an adult shell varies between 48 mm and 100mm. The shell is very closely reticulated with white and light chestnut, the white spots crowded and irregular in size, the chestnut lines forming two interrupted, irregular bands. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean along India and Sri Lanka and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Indonesia.

Ecology

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Conus araneosus sensu Lightfoot, 1786 .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428934  on 12 July 2011.
2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI; 1884

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• 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 4th 2009 Edition.

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Gastropods.com: Conus (Conus) araneosus araneosus; accessed : 12 July 2011