Conus aulicus

Conus aulicus
	Apertural view of a shell of Conus aulicus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. aulicus
Binomial name
	Conus aulicus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Conus (Darioconus) aulicus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation; Conus amadis var. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1937 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792); Conus aulicus var. propenudus Melvill, 1900; Conus aulicus var. roseus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834; Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792; Conus aurifer Röding, P.F., 1798; Conus gracianus da Motta, 1982; Conus particolor Perry, 1810; Cucullus aurifer Röding, 1798; Darioconus aulicus (Linnaeus, 1758); Darioconus auratus Hwass, C.H. in Bruguière, J.G., 1792;

Conus aulicus, common name the princely cone, is a species of a predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[2]

Description[edit]

The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 163 mm. The shell is rather narrow and has an elevated spire. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, covered by elevated close revolving lines of darker color. The surface is irregularly overlaid by subtriangular white spots, some of which are very large. The operculum is a very minute square on the dorsal surface of the hinder part of the foot.

The proboscis of Conus aulicus is varied with red and white.^[3]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos^[2] and Mauritius;^[2] in the Indo-Pacific Region (excl. Hawaii).

References[edit]

^ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus aulicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192563A2116090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192563A2116090.en. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215471 on 2015-07-18
^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI p. 93; 1879

Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
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. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 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: 1-23