Biology:Conus guinaicus

Short description: Species of sea snail

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.

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.

Distribution

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

Conus guinaicus with a different color and pattern

Gallery

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

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

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

References

• 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

page(s): 360, pl. 110 fig. 3]

• Adams A. (1854 ['1853"]). Descriptions of new species of the genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 116-119
• 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
• http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_guinaicus.htm
• "Lautoconus guinaicus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5408.shtml. 
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

Wikidata ☰ Q1610038 entry