Conus omaria

Conus omaria
Apertural view of a shell of Conus omaria
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. omaria
Binomial name
Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus convolutus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Conus magoides Melvill, 1900. Conus omaria var. magoides Melvill, 1900 Conus patonganus da Motta, 1982 Conus sindon Reeve, 1844. Conus viperinus Lauer, 1986 Darioconus omaria convolutus (f) G. B. Sowerby II, 1858

Conus omaria 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 shell attains a length of 60 mm. The color of the shell varies from orange-brown to chocolate-color, covered by minute white spots, and overlaid by larger white triangular spots, sometimes forming bands at the shoulder, middle and base. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania

References

1. ^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
2. ^ ^{a b} Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215498 on 18 July 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 92-93; 1879

• 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
• Gastropods.com: Darioconus omaria convolutus (f); accessed: 18 July 2011