Conus brunneus

Conus brunneus
	Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneus Wood, 1828, with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. brunneus
Binomial name
	Conus brunneus; Wood, 1828
Synonyms
	Conus (Stephanoconus) brunneus Wood, 1828 accepted, alternate representation; Conus interruptus Wood, 1828; Stephanoconus brunneus (W. Wood, 1828);

Conus brunneus, common name Wood's brown cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

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 16 mm and 65 mm. The short spire is conical and tuberculate. The color of the shell is chestnut-brown, lineated with chocolate, with sometimes longitudinal white maculations forming a broad central interrupted band, and a few additional maculations on other portions of the surface. The base of the shell is subgranularly striate.^[2]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Southwest Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador; and off the Galápagos Islands.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Conus brunneus Wood, 1828. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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

Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828

External links[]

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Stephanoconus brunneus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] Conus brunneus Wood, 1828. 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

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Conus brunneus

Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneus Wood, 1828, with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. brunneus
Binomial name
*Conus brunneus* Wood, 1828
Synonyms^[1]
Conus (Stephanoconus) brunneus Wood, 1828 accepted, alternate representation Conus interruptus Wood, 1828 Stephanoconus brunneus (W. Wood, 1828)