Conus araneosus

Conus araneosus
	Apertural view of Conus araneosus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. araneosus
Binomial name
	Conus araneosus; sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms
	Conus (Conus) araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted, alternate representation; Conus arachnoideus Gmelin, 1791; Conus arachnoideus bizonata (f) Crosse, H., 1858; Conus araneosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792; Conus cassis "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817; Conus monstrosus Küster, 1838; Conus peplum G. B. Sowerby II, 1857; Conus reticulatus Perry, 1811; Cucullus arenosus Röding, 1798; Cucullus stercusmuscarum Röding, 1798;

Conus araneosus, common name the cobweb cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[2]

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.

Subspecies

Conus araneosus araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786
Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 48 mm and 100mm. The shell is very closely reticulated with white and light chestnut, the white spots crowded and irregular in size, the chestnut lines forming two interrupted, irregular bands.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

Citations

^ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus araneosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192588A2122470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192588A2122470.en. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Conus araneosus sensu Lightfoot, 1786. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2011.
^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI; 1884

Bibliography

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Franklin, J.B, S. Antony Fernando, B. A. Chalke, K. S. Krishnan. (2007). 'Radular Morphology of Conus (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Conidae) from India'. Molluscan Research. Vol. 27 (3): 111–122.
Franklin, J.B, K. A. Subramanian, S. A. Fernando and Krishnan K. S. (2009). Diversity and distribution of cone snails (Vallapoo) along the Tamil Nadu coast, India, Zootaxa 2250: 1–63.
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