Conus princeps

Species of sea snail

Conus princeps
Apertural view of shell of Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. princeps
Binomial name
Conus princeps
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Ductoconus) princeps Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832
  • Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910
  • Conus regius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus regus Küster, 1838
  • Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758)

Conus princeps, common name the prince cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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

The size of the shell varies between 31 mm and 130 mm. The low shell has a distantly but distinctly tuberculated spire, and direct sides, slightly striate at the base. Its color is yellowish brown, orange or pink, sometimes without markings, but usually with irregular longitudinal chestnut or chocolate striations most of which are continuous from spire to base. They vary from fine and close to heavier and more distant markings. The interior is yellow or pink. The epidermis is dark brown, fibrous, with distant revolving series of tufted spots.

The broad-striped state is Conus regius; that with the stripes obsolete is Conus lineolatus.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America, from the Gulf of California (Mexico) to Northern Peru.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Tenorio, M.J. (2013). "Conus princeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192452A2097673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192452A2097673.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp. Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • 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
  • Conus princeps Linnaeus, C., 1758
    Conus princeps Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • Conus princeps Linnaeus, C., 1758
    Conus princeps Linnaeus, C., 1758
  • holotype of the synonym Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910 in the Smithsonian Institution
    holotype of the synonym Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910 in the Smithsonian Institution

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus princeps.
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Ductoconus princeps". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Conus princeps