Conus thalassiarchus

Conus thalassiarchus, common name the bough cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus thalassiarchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. thalassiarchus
Binomial name
Conus thalassiarchus
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Calibanus) thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus castrensis Gould, 1842
  • Conus mariei Jousseaume, 1899
  • Conus thalassiarchus f. ikatt Shikama, 1979 (unavailable name: established as a "form" after 1960)
  • Conus thalassiarchus var. elevata Wils, 1972
  • Conus vidua var. azona Wils, 1972 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960)
  • Conus vidua var. depriesteri Wils, 1972 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960)
  • Conus vidua var. elevata Wils, 1972 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960)
  • Thalassiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Virgiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

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 35 mm and 115 mm. The spire is depressed and nearly smooth, with a sharp angle. The color of the shell is white, longitudinally and angularly reticulated with chestnut lines, chocolate-tinted at the base. It shows sometimes an irregular central white band covered by revolving lines of spots, and occasionally with yellowish bands above and below the latter and similarly spotted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Southern Philippines.

  • Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
  • Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
  • Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
  • Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
  • Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833

References
  1. Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. 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
  • Jousseaume, F., 1899. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Le Naturaliste 13(2): 91
  • 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1.
  • 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
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