Conus guinaicus
Species of sea snail
Conus guinaicus
Apertural view of Conus guinaicus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
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
Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
References
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.
External links
Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789 ; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792 ]
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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): 360, pl. 110 fig. 3]