Conus guinaicus

Conus guinaicus
	Apertural view of Conus guinaicus
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. guinaicus
Binomial name
	Conus guinaicus; Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
	Conus (Lautoconus) gambiensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018); Conus (Lautoconus) guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792; Conus (Lautoconus) pineaui Pin, 1989; Conus (Lautoconus) taslei Kiener, 1850; Conus gambiensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018); Conus luridus A. Adams, 1854; Conus pineaui Pin, 1989; Conus taslei Kiener, 1850; Lautoconus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792; Lautoconus pineaui (Pin, 1989); Lautoconus taslei (Kiener, 1850); Lautoconus wolof Petuch & Berschauer, 2018; Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)· accepted, alternate representation;

Conus guinaicus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. It is part of the genus Conus, more popularly known as cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 21.6 mm and 60 mm. The inflated shell is rather thin. The spire and lower portion of the body whorl are striate. The color of the shell is chestnut or olivaceous, with usually two bands of irregular white cloudings, and scattered white spots. The aperture has a chocolate color, faintly white-banded in the middle.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Gambia.

Gallery

Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

References

^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586–757
^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2010). Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224280 on 2011-07-25
^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 65; 1879

Pin, M.; Tack, K.D.L. (1995). Les cônes du Sénégal. [The Conidae of Senegal]. La Conchiglia 277(Suppl.): 1–55,
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). A new Lautoconus species radiation from Gambia, West Africa. The Festivus. 50(3): 164–172.

External links

Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792 ]
Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379(assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7-32, 34–36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016

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[1] Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586–757

[WoRMS-2] WoRMS (2010). Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224280 on 2011-07-25

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

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