Conus bandanus

Conus bandanus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. bandanus
Binomial name
	Conus bandanus; Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
	Conus (Conus) bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus marmoreus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792; Conus nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1859; Conus vidua f. mozoii Melvin & Melvin, 1980 (unavailable name: published as a form after 1960); Cucullus equestris Röding, 1798; Cucullus torquatus Röding, 1798;

Conus bandanus, common name the banded marble 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. 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 45 mm and 150 mm. The color of the shell is white or light pink-white, with chocolate or chestnut reticulations, so arranged as to expose the crowded white in rounded triangular large spots. The colored markings form two irregular bands. The aperture is white or light pink.[2]

Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species, occurring of the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania

References

Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus marmoreus var. bandanus)

Quoy, H. E. Th. & Gaimard, P., 1833 Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, Capitaine de Vaisseaux. Atlas
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218

Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Conus (Conus) bandanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. 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 (described as Conus marmoreus var. bandanus)