Conus erythraeensis

Conus erythraeensis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus erythraeensis Reeve, L.A., 1843
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. erythraeensis
Binomial name
Conus erythraeensis Reeve, 1843
Synonyms[2]
Asprella erythraeensis (Reeve, 1843) Conus adustus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Conus couderti Bernardi, 1860 Conus dillwynii Reeve, 1849 Conus hamilli Crosse, 1858 Conus induratus Reeve, 1849 Conus piperatus Reeve, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus piperatus Dillwyn, 1817; C. dillwynii and C. hamilli are replacement names) Conus quadratomaculatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Conus (Phasmoconus) erythraeensis Reeve, 1843 · accepted, alternate representation Phasmoconus erythraeensis (Reeve, 1843)

Conus erythraeensis, common name the Red Sea cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 16 mm and 35 mm. The shell is small, smooth and striate below. It is yellowish white, with revolving rows of quadrangular chestnut spots, sometimes partly clouded over, so as to form bands of chestnut clouds. The spire is maculate.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Northwest Indian Ocean.

References

1. Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus erythraeensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192394A2087443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192394A2087443.en. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. Conus erythraeensis Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
• 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

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Asprella erythraeensis erythraeensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.