Conus ochroleucus

Conus ochroleucus, common name the prefect cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

Conus ochroleucus
Apertural view of a shell of Conus ochroleucus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. ochroleucus
Binomial name
Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Asprella ochroleuca (Gmelin, 1791) Conus fasciatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Conus ochroleucus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791 Conus praefectus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus (Phasmoconus) ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791 · accepted, alternate representation Cucullus eburneus Röding, 1798 Graphiconus ochroleucus (Gmelin, 1791)

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 ochroleucus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus ochroleucus tmetus Tomlin, 1937 (synonyms : Asprella ochroleuca tmetus (Tomlin, J.R. le B., 1937); Conus pilkeyi Petuch, 1974; Conus sulciferus A. Adams, 1855; Phasmoconus pilkeyi Petuch, E.J., 1974)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40mm and 88mm. The shell is long and narrow, distantly grooved towards the base. Its color is yellowish brown, variously shaded, with a rather indistinct median lighter band. The white aperture is somewhat wider anteriorly. The striate and acuminate spire is maculated with yellowish brown and white.[3]

Distribution

This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Fiji; in the Indian Ocean off India.

Gallery

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  Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, J.F., 1791
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  Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, J.F., 1791
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  Apertural view of Conus ochroleucus tmetus

References

1. Gmelin, J. F., 1791. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, 13th ed. Vol. 1
2. Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 August 2011.
3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 60

• Bruguière, 1792 Histoire naturelle des vers. In: Encyclopédie méthodique, vol. 1(2), p. 345–758
• 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.
• 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
• "Graphiconus ochroleucus tmetus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• "Graphiconus ochroleucus ochroleucus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• Holotype in MNHN, Paris