Conus guinaicus

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Conus guinaicus
Conus guinaicus 004.jpg
Apertural view of Conus guinaicus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. guinaicus
Binomial name
Conus guinaicus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Lautoconus) gambiensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus (Lautoconus) pineaui Pin, 1989
  • Conus (Lautoconus) taslei Kiener, 1850
  • Conus gambiensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
  • Conus luridus A. Adams, 1854
  • Conus pineaui Pin, 1989
  • Conus taslei Kiener, 1850
  • Lautoconus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Lautoconus pineaui (Pin, 1989)
  • Lautoconus taslei (Kiener, 1850)
  • Lautoconus wolof Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
  • Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)· accepted, alternate representation

Conus guinaicus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. It is part of the genus Conus, more popularly known as cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 21.6 mm and 60 mm. The inflated shell is rather thin. The spire and lower portion of the body whorl are striate. The color of the shell is chestnut or olivaceous, with usually two bands of irregular white cloudings, and scattered white spots. The aperture has a chocolate color, faintly white-banded in the middle.[3]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Gambia.

Conus guinaicus with a different color and pattern

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586–757
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224280 on 2011-07-25
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 65; 1879
  • Pin, M.; Tack, K.D.L. (1995). Les cônes du Sénégal. [The Conidae of Senegal]. La Conchiglia 277(Suppl.): 1–55,
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). A new Lautoconus species radiation from Gambia, West Africa. The Festivus. 50(3): 164–172.

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