Conus bandanus

Conus bandanus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. bandanus
Binomial name
Conus bandanus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Conus) bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus marmoreus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1859
  • Conus vidua f. mozoii Melvin & Melvin, 1980 (unavailable name: published as a form after 1960)
  • Cucullus equestris Röding, 1798
  • Cucullus torquatus Röding, 1798

Conus bandanus, common name the banded marble 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 45 mm and 150 mm. The color of the shell is white or light pink-white, with chocolate or chestnut reticulations, so arranged as to expose the crowded white in rounded triangular large spots. The colored markings form two irregular bands. The aperture is white or light pink. [2]

Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species, occurring of the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania

References

  1. 1 2 Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  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 (described as Conus marmoreus var. bandanus)
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