Conus dusaveli

Conus dusaveli, common name Du Savel's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus dusaveli
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. dusaveli
Binomial name
Conus dusaveli
(H. Adams, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (textilia) dusaveli (H. Adams, 1872)
  • Leptoconus dusaveli H. Adams, 1872
  • Textilia benten Shikama, 1977
  • Textilia dusaveli (H. Adams, 1872)
  • Textilia dusaveli benten Shikama, T. & Oishi in Shikama, T., 1977

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 50 mm and 93 mm. The thin shell is striated throughout. Its color is yellowish or violaceous white. It is clouded.with chestnut, with distant revolving series of chestnut spots and short lines, most conspicuous on two irregular lighter bands.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Ryukyus, Japan and the Philippines.

  • Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872)
  • Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872)
  • Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872)
  • Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872)

References
  1. Conus dusaveli (H. Adams, 1872). 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 a colored variety of Conus circumcisus)
  • Adams, H. 1872. Descriptions of fourteen new species of land and marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872:12–15, pl. 3.
  • Shikama T. (1977). Descriptions of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 24: 1-23, 5 pls.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • 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.
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • "Textilia dusaveli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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