Conus balteatus

Conus balteatus
	Apertural view of a shell of Conus balteatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. balteatus
Binomial name
	Conus balteatus; G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms
	Conus (Coronaxis) cernicus H. Adams, 1869; Conus (Floraconus) balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus (Rhizoconus) anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008; Conus (Splinoconus) gilberti (Bozzetti, 2012); Conus (Splinoconus) olgiatii Bozzetti, 2007; Conus anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008; Conus balteatus pigmentatus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848; Conus cernicus H. Adams, 1869; Conus circumclausus Fenaux, 1942; Conus gilberti (Bozzetti, 2012); Conus moussoni Crosse, 1865; Conus olgiatii Bozzetti, 2007; Conus pigmentatus Adams A. and Reeve L.A. 1848 ; Conus propinquus E. A. Smith, 1877; Conus tenuisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873; Dendroconus balteatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833); Nitidoconus balteatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833); Nitidoconus gilberti (Bozzetti, 2012); Rhizoconus anosyensis (Bozzetti, 2008); Rolaniconus balteatus cernicus (f) "Barclay, D.W. MS" Adams, H.G., 1869;

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.^[3]

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

The 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.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea)

Gallery

Below are several color forms and one subspecies:

Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus balteatus pigmentatus Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve, 1848

References

^ 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.
Bozzetti L. (2008) Conus anosyensis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 15
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]
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

The Conus Biodiversity website
"Rolaniconus balteatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

[1] Sowerby (II), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations

[2] 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

[WoRMS-3] Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 July 2011.

[4] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 21; 1879

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