Conus litoglyphus

Strategoconus litoglyphus
Drawing of Strategoconus litoglyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Strategoconus
Species:	S. litoglyphus
Binomial name
Strategoconus litoglyphus "Meuschen, F.C." Hwass, C.H. in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Synonyms[1]
Conus albomaculatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 (March) Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865 Conus inermis Tinker, 1952 Conus lacinulatus Kiener, 1845 Conus seychellensis Nevill & Nevill, 1874 Conus subcapitaneus Link, 1807 Cucullus cinamomeus Röding, 1798 Cucullus orleanus Röding, 1798 Rhizoconus seychellensis Nevill & Nevill, 1874 Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Strategoconus litoglyphus, common name the lithograph cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, more popularly known as a cone snail, cone shell or cone. ^[1]

Shell description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm. The shell is small with a low spire. It is dark brown in color with cream banding around the shoulders and across the body whorl. The narrow aperture is white with a brown coloration at the anterior end.

Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species, found along the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Strategoconus litoglyphus; accessed: 6 September 2011
• Conus litoglyphus Picture - Picture of shells of this species
• Catalogue of recent and fossil Conus - Picture and account of this species

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus litoglyphus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215430 on 2011-09-05

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
• 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.