Conus buxeus, common name the fig cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus buxeus (Roeding, 1798) | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. buxeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus buxeus (Röding, 1798)
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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.
There is one subspecies : Conus buxeus loroisii Kiener, 1845 (synonyms : Conus agrestis Mörch, 1850; Conus figulinus var. insignis Dautzenberg, 1937; Conus huberorum da Motta, 1989; Dendroconus loroisii insignis (f) Dautzenberg, 1937)
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 135 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
edit- ^ a b Conus buxeus Moolenbeek, Röckel, & Bouchet, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Kiener, L.-C., 1845–50 Genre Cone. (Conus, Linné). Volume 2. In: Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, p. 379 p.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- Hawaiian shell news VOL XXXII #.5 MAY 1984 NEW SERIES 293 pp. 9–10
- 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
edit- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Dendroconus figulinus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Syntype in MNHN, Paris
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