Conus fulmen

Conus fulmen
	Apertural view of a shell of Conus fulmen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. fulmen
Binomial name
	Conus fulmen; Reeve, 1843[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Chelyconus fulmen (Reeve, 1843); Chelyconus fulmen kirai Kuroda, 1956; Conus (Pioconus) fulmen Reeve, 1843 accepted, alternate representation; Conus fulmen kirai Kuroda, 1956; Conus modestus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 (name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1699); Conus wistaria Shikama, 1970; Pionoconus fulmen (Reeve, 1843);

Conus fulmen, common name the thunderbolt 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 an adult shell varies from 45 mm and 80 mm.

The shell is somewhat elongately ovate, smooth and slightly grooved towards the base. The color of the shell is pale rose-purple, white round the middle ; longitudinally marked with two or three very prominent, broad, waved, purple-brown streaks. The spire is obtusely convex, variegated with purple-brown. The apex is rose-tinted.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and South Japan to the Ryukyus

References

Reeve, L. A., 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i: figures and descriptions of the shells of molluscs; with remarks on their affinities, synonymy, and geographical distribution, 1. Conus
Conus fulmen Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 July 2011.
George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 65; 1879

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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

Gallery

Conus fulmen Reeve, L.A., 1843
Conus fulmen Reeve, L.A., 1843

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
"Pionoconus fulmen fulmen". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

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[1] Reeve, L. A., 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i: figures and descriptions of the shells of molluscs; with remarks on their affinities, synonymy, and geographical distribution, 1. Conus

[WoRMS-2] Conus fulmen Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 July 2011.

[3] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 65; 1879