Conus pertusus

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

Conus pertusus
Apertural view of Conus pertusus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. pertusus
Binomial name
Conus pertusus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus amabilis Lamarck, 1810
  • Conus festivus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Dendroconus pertusus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Rhizoconus pertusus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

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.

Subspecies
  • Conus pertusus elodieallaryae (T. Cossignani, 2013)
  • Conus pertusus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 69 mm. The spire is convex, rather obtuse. The body whorl is encircled by distant punctate striae. The color of the shell is rosy tinged with yellow and interruptedly banded with white blotches below the shoulder and in the middle of the body-whorl.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the entire Indo-Pacific; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

References
  1. Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  2. Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 August 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 54; 1884
  • Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp.
  • Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442
  • Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • "Rhizoconus pertusus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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