Conus acutangulus

Conus acutangulus, common name the sharp-angled cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus acutangulus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus acutangulus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. acutangulus
Binomial name
Conus acutangulus
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus gemmulatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Conus turriculatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1866
  • Conus wilmeri G. B. Sowerby III, 1882
  • Conus (Turriconus) acutangulus Lamarck, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Turriconus acutangulus (Lamarck, 1810)

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 the shell varies between 13 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 March 2010.
  • Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442
  • Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : G.B. Sowerby Vol. 3 277–331 pls 266–290
  • Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
  • Tenorio M.J., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2007) New Indo-Pacific Conidae with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Conus recluzianus. Visaya 2(2): 78–90.
  • Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • "Turriconus acutangulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Neotype at MNHN, Paris


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