Conus fuscolineatus

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

Conus fuscolineatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. fuscolineatus
Binomial name
Conus fuscolineatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Lautoconus) fuscolineatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 Varioconus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905

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 an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Guinee to Angola, and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905

References

1. Sowerby (iii), G. B. III, 1905. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6
2. Conus fuscolineatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.

• Sowerby, G. B., III. 1905. Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6(5):279–282, figs. 5, 6
• 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. 4 September 2009 Edition

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Varioconus fuscolineatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Gallery

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  Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905
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  Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905
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  Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905