Conus exiguus

Conus exiguus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. exiguus
Binomial name
	Conus exiguus; Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms[1]
	Conus (Phasmoconus) exiguus Lamarck, 1810 accepted, alternate representation; Conus bougei G. B. Sowerby III, 1907; Conus bougei var. poumensis Prigent, 1985; Conus cabritii Bernardi, 1858; Conus optimus G. B. Sowerby III, 1913; Conus plumbeus Reeve, 1844; Conus taylorianus E. A. Smith, 1880; Conus vayssetianus Crosse, 1872; Fulgiconus exiguus (Lamarck, 1810);

Conus exiguus, common name Cabrit's 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 14 mm and 54 mm. The violaceous shell is more or less marbled with chestnut, and more or less granular on the body whorl. The convex spire convex is conical and tuberculated. The aperture is violaceous.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Samoa and Vietnam.

References

Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810. 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 plumbeus)

Bernardi, A. B., 1859. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7: 377–378
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J., 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. Hemmen: 517 pp
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
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

Gallery

Below are several color forms:

Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Fulgiconus exiguus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Holotype in MNHN, Paris

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[WoRMS-1] Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810. 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 plumbeus)