Conus aristophanes

Conus aristophanes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus aristophanes
Shell of Conus aristophanes (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. aristophanes
Binomial name
Conus aristophanes
G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Virroconus) aristophanes G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 accepted, alternate representation
  • Miliariconus aristophanes (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857)

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 18 mm and 47 mm. The shell is violaceous gray, somewhat clouded with pink-white. The revolving lines are milk-white, interrupted by chestnut short dashes and spots. The interior of the aperture is chocolate, with a central white band. spire is more or less raised, striate or sometimes nearly smooth, with or without tubercles. The body whorl is striate, the striae usually granulous towards the base, and sometimes throughout.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and Fiji; also off Mozambique.

References
  1. Conus aristophanes G. B. Sowerby II, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • "Miliariconus coronatus aristophanes". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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