Conus balteatus, common name the Mauritian cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[4]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Conus balteatus | |
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. balteatus
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| Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [2]
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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.
The subspecies: Conus balteatus pigmentatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 is accepted as Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 33 mm. The shell is olive-brown or brown violaceous, with a more or less irregular white band below the middle, and another one below the tuberculated spire. The interior of the aperture is tinged with violet.[5]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea)
Gallery
editBelow are several color forms and one subspecies:
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Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833 -
Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833 -
Conus balteatus pigmentatus Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1848
References
edit- ^ Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus balteatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192849A2173661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192849A2173661.en. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Sowerby (II), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations
- ^ Adams, A., and Reeve, L. A., 1848. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang: Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S.. Mollusca, pt. 1
- ^ a b Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 July 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 21; 1879
- Smith, E. A. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Conidae and Terebridae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19: 222–231.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Bozzetti L. (2007) Conus olgiatii (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 54: 16–17.[self-published source]
- Bozzetti L. (2008) Conus anosyensis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 15[self-published source]
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
- Bozzetti L. (2012) Two new species of Conidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Southern and South-Western Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 74: 4-6. [February 2012][self-published source]
- 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
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- The Conus Biodiversity website
- "Rolaniconus balteatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea