Conus cinereus

Conus cinereus, common name the sunburnt cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

Conus cinereus
Apertural view of Conus cinereus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. cinereus
Binomial name
Conus cinereus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Phasmoconus) cinereus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation Conus bernardii Kiener, 1845 Conus caerulescens Lamarck, 1810 Conus exaratus Reeve, 1844 Conus gabrielii Kiener, 1845 Conus gubba Kiener, 1845 (original description) Conus nisus Dillwyn, 1817 Conus politus Weinkauff, 1875 Cucullus cinereus Röding, 1798 Cucullus clavatus Röding, 1798 Graphiconus cinereus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Phasmoconus cinereus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

The species Conus cinereus Schröter, 1803 is a nomen dubium.

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 57 mm. The shell is cylindrically ovate, with a moderate, smooth spire. The body whorl is encircled below by distant grooves. The shell is clouded with olivaceous, ashy blue and chestnut-brown, with revolving lines articulated of chestnut and white spots. The brown-stained aperture is wider at its base than at its shoulder. Conus bernardii is a color variant. The color of its shell is fulvous chestnut, with a few scattered white spots and chestnut revolving lines.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Indonesia.

References

1. Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
2. Conus cinereus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 July 2011.
3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 58; 1879

• Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
• 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 4, 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
• 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

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Graphiconus cinereus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea