- Conus biliosus
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Conus biliosus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Subfamily: Coninae Genus: Conus Species: C. biliosus Binomial name Conus biliosus
(Röding, 1798) [1]Synonyms[2] - Conus concinnus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
- Conus piperatus Dillwyn, 1817
- Conus punctatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus sapphirostoma Weinkauff, 1874
- Cucullus biliosus Röding, 1798
- Dendroconus neoroseus da Motta, 1993
- Lividoconus biliosus (Röding, 1798)
Conus biliosus, common name the bilious 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.
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Subspecies
Apertural view of Conus biliosus parvulus
Subspecies include:[2]
- Conus biliosus meyeri Walls, 1979
- Conus biliosus parvulus Link, 1807 (synonyms: Conus parvulus Link, 1807; Conus imperator Woolacott, 1956; Conus roseus Lamarck, 1810)
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 64 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean (from South Africa to Somalia) and along India and Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to the Philippines and to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.
References
- ^ Röding, P. F., 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e Tribus Regnis Naturae Quae olim Collegerat Joa.., 2: I-VIII: 1 -199
- ^ a b c Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428940 on 4 August 2011.
- 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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