Conus monile

Species of sea snail

Conus monile

Apertural view of Conus monile
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Conidae
Genus:  | Conus
Species:  |

C. monile

Binomial name
Conus monile

Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]

Synonyms[2]

* Conus (Strategoconus) monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
* Conus cereolus Röding, P.F., 1798
* Conus marmoreus Perry, G., 1811
* Conus ornatus Röding, P.F., 1798
* Cucullus cereolus Röding, 1798
* Cucullus ornatus Röding, 1798
* Strategoconus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus monile, common name the necklace cone, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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.

## Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 95 mm. The chestnut-flamed spire is nearly plane, with a raised apex. The body whorl is closely striate below, and generally chestnut-stained at the base. The color of the shell is white, with oblique flames, spots and short lines of chestnut, arranged in revolving series.[3]

## Distribution

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The raised apex of the spire of Conus monile

This species occurs in the Northeast Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka to Western Thailand

## References

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1. ^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
2. ^ a b Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 August 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 34; 1879

* Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
* Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
* Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
* 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

## Gallery

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* Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

* Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

* Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

* Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

## External links

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* The Conus Biodiversity website
* "Strategoconus monile". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
* Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

Taxon identifiers

Conus monile|

* Wikidata: Q1311789
* BOLD: 650326
* CoL: 5ZY3F
* GBIF: 5795755
* iNaturalist: 432096
* IRMNG: 10534244
* IUCN: 192408
* NCBI: 351660
* OBIS: 428212
* SeaLifeBase: 72341
* WoRMS: 428212

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