Conus granulatus

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

Conus granulatus
Shell and protoconch of Conus granulatus (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. granulatus
Binomial name
Conus granulatus
Synonyms[2]
  • Atlanticonus granulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conus (Atlanticonus) granulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus granulatus var. espinosai Sarasua, 1977>
  • Conus laetus Gmelin, 1791
  • Conus roseus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Conus verulosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Cucullus antillarum Röding, 1798
  • Gladioconus granulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic, at depths to 50 metres, and in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 64.1 mm.[3]
Shell fragments are known that would suggest a maximum size around 77 mm.

The shell is regularly grooved throughout the body whorl, with the interstices plane or granular. The spire is striate, often gradate. The color is orange-red, raised portions with very narrow chestnut revolving lines, white clouded, especially in the middle, forming an irregular band, which is mottled and bordered with chestnut. The interior of the aperture is rosy.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.[3]
At Barbados, the species seems to prefer offshore banking reefs where the water is clean, clear and well oxygenated
although in past times it appears to have inhabited much shallower waters close to shore, before environmental degradation.

  • Conus granulatus Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • Conus granulatus Linnaeus, C., 1758

References
  1. NatureServe (2013). "Conus granulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  4. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
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