Conus striolatus

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

Conus striolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. striolatus
Binomial name
Conus striolatus Kiener, 1848[1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Pionoconus) striolatus Kiener, 1848 · accepted, alternate representation Conus magus var. decurtatus Dautzenberg, 1910 Conus simonis Bozzetti, 2010 Pionoconus simonis (Bozzetti, 2010) Pionoconus striolatus (Kiener, 1845) Pionoconus striolatus decurtata (f) Dautzenberg, Ph., 1910

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 20 mm and 46 mm. The striate spire has a moderate size. The body whorl is long and rather cylindrical, and closely striate below. Its color is white, clouded with bluish ash, orange-brown, chestnut or chocolate, everywhere encircled by narrow chocolate interrupted lines, often separated into somewhat distant dots. The middle of body whorl is usually irregularly fasciate with white. The spire is tessellated with chestnut or chocolate.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Thailand to Micronesia and from Taiwan to Queensland, Australia.

References

1. Kiener, L. C., 1845. Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes, 2
2. Conus striolatus Kiener, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 July 2011.
3. 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 magus)

• Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
• Dautzenberg, P. 1910. Liste de coquilles recueillies par ler P. Aubin dans l'ile de Rua-Sura (Archipel Salomon) en 1909. Journal de Conchyliologie 58: 24–33
• 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
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
• Bozzetti L. (2010) Conus simonis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new species from Southeastern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 66: 11–12.
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
• 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
• Franklin, J.B, K. A. Subramanian, S. A. Fernando and Krishnan K. S. (2009). Diversity and distribution of cone snails (Vallapoo) along the Tamilnadu coast, India, Zootaxa 2250: 1-63 (Monograph).

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Pionoconus striolatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Holotype at MNHN, Paris