Conus circumcisus

Conus circumcisus
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. circumcisus
Binomial name
Conus circumcisus Born, 1778 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus affinis Gmelin, 1791 Conus brazieri G. B. Sowerby III, 1881 Conus terebellum Röding, 1798 Cucullus purpuratus Röding, 1798 Cucullus terebellum Röding, 1798 Pionoconus circumcisus (Born, 1778)

Conus circumcisus 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 thin shell is striated throughout. The color of the shell is yellowish or violaceous white, clouded.with chestnut, with distant revolving series of chestnut spots and short lines, most conspicuous on two irregular lighter bands. ^[3]

The shell of Conus brazieri G. B. Sowerby III, 1881 is rather solid, with revolving striae throughout. Its color is whitish, tinged with pale rose-pink, with two broad, light yellowish brown bands, sprinkled here and there with a few very minute brown spots. The spire is conspicuously marked with dark brown blotches. ^[4]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Moluccas, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

References

1. ^ Born, I. von, 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars Prima, Testacea.
2. ^ ^{a b} Conus circumcisus Born, 1778.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426455 on 17 July 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 81 (described as Conus circumcisus)
4. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 81 (described as Conus brazieri)

• 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.

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website