Conus monile

Strategoconus monile
Apertural view of Strategoconus monile
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. monile
Binomial name
Strategoconus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus cereolus Röding, P.F., 1798 Conus marmoreus Perry, G., 1811 Conus ornatus Röding, P.F., 1798 Cucullus cereolus Röding, 1798 Cucullus ornatus Röding, 1798 Strategoconus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Strategoconus monile, common name the necklace 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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 95 mm. The chestnut-flamed spire is nearly plane, with a raised apex. The body whorl is closely striate below, and generally chestnut-stained at the base. The color of the shell is white, with oblique flames, spots and short lines of chestnut, arranged in revolving series. ^[3]

Distribution

The raised apex of the spire of Conus monile

This species occurs in the Northeast Indian Ocean along India and Sri Lanka to West. Thailand

References

1. ^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
2. ^ ^{a b} Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428212 on 1 August 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 34; 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

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Gastropods.com: Strategoconus monile; accessed: 1 August 2011