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Conus aulicus 
Apertural view of a shell of Conus aulicus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Genus: Conus Species: C. aulicus Binomial name Conus aulicus
Linnaeus, 1758Synonyms[1] - Conus amadis var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1937
- Conus aulicus var. propenudus Melvill, 1900
- Conus aulicus var. roseus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
- Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus aurifer Röding, P.F., 1798
- Conus gracianus da Motta, 1982
- Conus particolor Perry, 1810
- Cucullus aurifer Röding, 1798
- Darioconus aulicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Darioconus auratus Hwass, C.H. in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus aulicus, common name the princely cone, is a species of a predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 163 mm. The shell is rather narrow and has an elevated spire. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, covered by elevated close revolving lines of darker color. The surface is irregularly overlaid by subtriangular white spots, some of which are very large. The operculum is a very minute square on the dorsal surface of the hinder part of the foot.
The proboscis of Conus aulicus is varied with red and white. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos[1] and Mauritius[1]; in the Indo-Pacific Region (excl. Hawaii).
External links
- Gastropods.com: Darioconus aulicus; accessed: 12 July 2011
- Conus Biodiversity Website: Conus aulicus
References
- ^ a b c WoRMS (2009). Conus aulicus Linné, 1758. Accessed through:World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215471 on 2010-03-27
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI p. 93; 1879
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- 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
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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The color pattern of the shell of C. aulicus
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