Conus lischkeanus

Calamiconus lischkeanus
Apertural view of Calamiconus lischkeanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Calamiconus
Species:	C. lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875 [1]
Binomial name
Calamiconus lischkeanus
Synonyms[2]
Calamiconus lischkeanus (Weinkauff, 1875) Calamiconus kermadecensis Iredale, 1913 Calamiconus subroseus Röckel & Korn, 1992 Calamiconus tropicensis Coomans & Filmer, 1985

Calamiconus lischkeanus, the Kermadec cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20mm and 75 mm. The whorls of the spire contain a shallow channel. The body whorl is smooth, striate at the base. The color of the shell is sulphur-yellow, without ornamentation except maculations on the spire. The aperture is white. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is distributed along Japan and Taiwan, Queensland, Western Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Kermadec Islands. There are reported finds from the Philippines and in the Indian Ocean from Natal, South Africa to the Gulf of Aden.

References

1. ^ Weinkauff, H. C., 1875. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet.
2. ^ WoRMS (2009). Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428185 on 26 July 2011
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 41; 1879

• 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

• SeashellsofNSW
• New Zealand newspaper article, including photo