Conus generalis

Strategoconus generalis
A shell of Strategoconus generalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Subfamily:	Coninae
Genus:	Strategoconus
Species:	S. generalis
Binomial name
Strategoconus generalis Linnaeus, 1767 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus generalis monteiroi Barros e Cunha, 1933 Conus generalis var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus generalis var. regenfussi Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus generalis var. subunicolor Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus krabiensis da Motta, 1982 Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus planaxis Deshayes, 1863 Conus regenfussi Dautzenberg, Ph., 1937 Conus spiculum Reeve, 1849 Conus spirogloxus Deshayes, 1863 Cucullus dux Röding, 1798 Cucullus filosus Röding, 1798 Cucullus locumtenens Röding, 1798 Strategoconus spiculum Reeve, L.A., 1849

Strategoconus generalis, common name the general cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

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 45 mm and 105 mm. The spire is rather plane, with a characteristic, small, acuminate, raised apex. The color of the shell is orange-brown to chocolate, irregularly white-banded at the shoulder, in the middle, and at the base. These two or three bands are overlaid with zigzag or irregular chocolate-colored markings. The aperture is white. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific along Indonesia and the Philippines and from Northwest Australia to French Polynesia and the Ryukyu Islands; in the Central Indian Ocean along the Maldives.

References

1. ^ Linnaeus, C., 1767. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, 12th ed., 1, pt. 2
2. ^ ^{a b} Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215520 on 24 July 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 34

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• 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
• ^http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_3844.shtml Gastropods.com: Strategoconus generalis; accessed: 24 July 2011]