Conus proximus

Conus proximus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. proximus
Binomial name
	Conus proximus; G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 [1]
Synonyms[2]
	Conus (Phasmoconus) proximus G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus proximus cebuensis Wils, 1990; Conus pulcher A. Adams, 1855, not [Lightfoot]; Phasmoconus proximus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1860); Textilia proxima (G.B. Sowerby II, 1860);

Conus proximus, common name the proximus 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.

The subspecies Conus proximus cebuensis Wils, 1990 has become a synonym of Conus cebuensis Wils, 1990

Description

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 45 mm. The shell is coronated. Its color is yellowish white, marbled and streaked with chestnut, with minute revolving lines of granules which are often somewhat articulated red-brown and white.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific Region: the Philippines; New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu the Solomon Islands and Fiji.

References

Sowerby (ii), G. B. Jr., 1859. Descriptions of New Shells in the Collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Conus proximus G. B. Sowerby II, 1859. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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

Conus proximus Sowerby, G.B. II, 1859
Conus proximus Sowerby, G.B. II, 1859

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Phasmoconus proximus proximus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[1] Sowerby (ii), G. B. Jr., 1859. Descriptions of New Shells in the Collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.

[WoRMS-2] Conus proximus G. B. Sowerby II, 1859. 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