Conus nobilis

Conus nobilis
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. nobilis
Binomial name
Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Conus bitleri da Motta, 1984 Conus cervulus "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817 Conus nobilis renateae Cailliez, 1993 Conus nobilis var. vincoomnes Lichtenstein, 1794 Eugeniconus friedae da Motta, 1991 Eugeniconus nobilis nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Conus nobilis, common name the noble cone, 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.

There is one subspecies: Conus nobilis victor Broderip, 1842

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 71 mm. The spire is depressed, with sulcate and finely striate volutions. The shoulder angles are sharp. The color of the shell is yellowish brown or chestnut, with close revolving lines of numerous small chestnut spots. The whole surface is irregularly overlaid by triangular large white spots. ^[2]

Conus nobilis victor

Distribution

This marine species is found in sublittoral and deeper waters of the Indo-Pacific from Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands along Sumatra and Java to Timor; along the Marquesas Islands.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428220 on 3 August 2011.
2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 30; 1884

• 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
• Gastropods.com: Eugeniconus nobilis nobilis; accessed: 3 August 2011