Conus cedonulli

Conus cedonulli
Apertural view of Conus cedonulli
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. cedonulli
Binomial name
Conus cedonulli Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Conus amiralis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus caledonicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. amiralis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. caracanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. dominicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. grenadensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. mappa Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. martinicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus dominicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus grenadensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus holemani Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus martinicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus nullisecundus Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus sanguineus Kiener, 1845 Conus solidus Gmelin, 1791 Conus surinamensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Cucullus geographicus Röding, 1798 Seminoleconus cedonulli dominicanus Hwass, C.H. in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

Conus cedonulli 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 an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 78 mm.

There has been much confusion in the course of years about which species and subspecies to assign to the Conus cedonulli-complex. The color of the species in this complex is white to purplish grey. The shell is crossed by streaks that are alternately light and dark. Between these streaks yellow, brown or dark dots occur. The operculum is small compared to the aperture and is only one seventh its size. The soft body of the animal is red.

D.L.N. Vink assigns the following species to the Conus cedonulli-complex along with Conus cedonulli : ^[2]

• Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
• Conus insularis Gmelin, 1791 : now synonym of Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
• Conus mappa sensu Lightfoot, 1786
• Conus sanctaemarthae spec. nov. : now synonym of Conus mappa sensu Lightfoot, 1786

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Colombia to Trinidad, along the Lesser Antilles and along the Bahamas.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Conus cedonulli Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430327 on 27 March 2010.
2. ^ D.L.N. Vink, The Conus cedonulli complex; Zoologische Mededelingen, 51 (5), 1979 p.79-93

• Vink, D. L. N. and von Cosel, R. 1985. The Conus cedonulli complex: historical review, taxonomy and biological observations. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 92(3):525-603, 9 figs, 12 pls.
• 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
• Conus cedonulli History
• Gastropods.com: Seminoleconus cedonulli dominicanus; accessed: 18 July 2011