Conus nobilis

Conus nobilis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. nobilis
Binomial name
	Conus nobilis; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
	Conus (Eugeniconus) nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus cervulus "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817; Conus nobilis friedae da Motta, 1991; Conus nobilis nobilis Linnaeus, 1758; Eugeniconus friedae da Motta, 1991; Eugeniconus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758); Eugeniconus nobilis nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758);

Conus nobilis, common name the noble 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.

Subspecies

Conus nobilis renateae Cailliez, 1993 (synonym: Eugeniconus nobilis renateae (Cailliez, 1993))
Conus nobilis skinneri da Motta, 1982 (synonyms: Conus skinneri da Motta, 1982; Eugeniconus nobilis skinneri (da Motta, 1982))
Conus nobilis victor Broderip, 1842 (synonyms: Conus nobilis abbai Poppe & Tagaro, 2011; Conus nobilis var. vincoomnes Lichtenstein, 1794)
Conus nobilis bitleri da Motta, 1984: synonym of Conus cordigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Conus nobilis cordigera G. B. Sowerby, 1866: synonym of Conus cordigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1866

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 71 mm. The spire is depressed, with sulcate and finely striate volutions. The shoulder angles are sharp. The color of the shell is yellowish brown or chestnut, with close revolving lines of numerous small chestnut spots. The whole surface is irregularly overlaid by triangular large white spots.[3]

Conus nobilis victor

Distribution

This marine species is found in sublittoral and deeper waters of the Indo-Pacific from Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands along Sumatra and Java to Timor; along the Marquesas Islands.

References

NatureServe (2013). "Conus nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2011.
George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 30; 1884

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp
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. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
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
"Eugeniconus nobilis nobilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.

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[IUCN-1] NatureServe (2013). "Conus nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[WoRMS-2] Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2011.

[3] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 30; 1884