Conus timorensis

Short description: Species of sea snail

Conus timorensis

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus timorensis Hwass in Bruguiиre, J.G., 1792
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Conidae
Genus:  | Conus
Species:  |

C. timorensis

Binomial name
Conus timorensis

Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Synonyms[1]

* Conus (Textilia) timorensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
* Conus euschemon Tomlin, 1937
* Conus gracilis Wood, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus gracilis G.B. Sowerby I, 1823; C. euschemon is a replacement name)
* Conus vespertinus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
* Textilia timorensis (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus timorensis, common name the Timor cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 50 mm. The smooth shell is striate towards the base. Its color is rosy white, with orange-rose clouds and distant revolving series of spots.[2]

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarenes; also off Timor, Flores and New Guinea.

## References

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus timorensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Sources

* Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
* 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMID 26300576.

## External links

* The Conus Biodiversity website
* Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
* "Textilia timorensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_3915.shtml.

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