Conus ventricosus mediterraneus

Conus ventricosus mediterraneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. ventricosus
Subspecies:	C. v. mediterraneus
Trinomial name
	Conus ventricosus mediterraneus; Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
	See list

Conus ventricosus mediterraneus is a subspecies 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.

Description[edit]

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 63 mm. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous ; sometimes chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated ; and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, light band below the middle. The elevated spire is rudely gradate and maculated. The interior of the shell is light chocolate, with a light band.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This subspecies occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, but not in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

Synonyms[edit]

Conus adriaticus Nardo, 1847
Conus alticonica Pallary, 1904
Conus amazonicus Nardo, 1847
Conus ammiralis var. americanus Gmelin, 1791
Conus caffer Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Conus caillaudi Jay, 1846
Conus chersoideus Nardo, 1847
Conus cinctus Bosc, 1801
Conus cinereus Delle Chiaje & Poli, 1826
Conus clodianus Nardo, 1847
Conus cretheus Nardo, 1847
Conus elpus De Gregorio, 1885
Conus epaphus Nardo, 1847
Conus erosus Renier, 1804
Conus franciscanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus galloprovincialis Locard, 1886
Conus galloprovincialis var. lineolata Locard & Caziot, 1900
Conus galloprovincialis var. minor Locard & Caziot, 1900
Conus glaucescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Conus grossii Maravigna, 1853
Conus guestieri Lorois, 1860
Conus hanleyi G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus hanley Conus hanley
Conus herillus Nardo, 1847
Conus humilis von Salis Marschlins, 1793
Conus ignobilis Olivi, 1792
Conus ignobilis var. rufa Scacchi, 1836
Conus inaequalis Reeve, 1849
Conus intermedius Lamarck, 1810
Conus istriensis Nardo, 1847
Conus jamaicensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus jaspis von Salis Marschlins, 1793
Conus madurensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus mediterraneus f. gaudiosus Nicolay, 1978
Conus mediterraneus var. acuta Requien, 1848
Conus mediterraneus var. alalmus DeGregorio, 1885
Conus mediterraneus var. alba Coen, 1933
Conus mediterraneus var. albina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Conus mediterraneus var. alticonica Pallary, 1904
Conus mediterraneus var. amigus DeGregorio, 1885
Conus mediterraneus var. arenaria Monterosato, 1917
Conus mediterraneus var. ater Philippi, 1836
Conus mediterraneus var. caerulescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Conus mediterraneus var. carinata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
Conus mediterraneus var. castanea Coen, 1933
Conus mediterraneus var. debilis Monterosato, 1917
Conus mediterraneus var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885
Conus mediterraneus var. emisus DeGregorio, 1885
Conus mediterraneus var. fasciata Requien, 1848
Conus mediterraneus var. flammulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886
Conus mediterraneus var. flavescens Coen, 1933
Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887
Conus mediterraneus var. interrupta Coen, 1933
Conus mediterraneus var. lutea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888
Conus mediterraneus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889
Conus mediterraneus var. marmoratus Philippi, 1836
Conus mediterraneus var. minor Monterosato, 1878
Conus mediterraneus var. oblonga Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890
Conus mediterraneus var. obtusa Requien, 1848
Conus mediterraneus var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891
Conus mediterraneus var. persistens Kobelt, 1906
Conus mediterraneus var. pretunculus Monterosato, 1917
Conus mediterraneus var. rubens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Conus mediterraneus var. rufatra DeGregorio, 1885
Conus mediterraneus var. scalare Dautzenberg, 1911
Conus mediterraneus var. scalaris Pallary, 1912
Conus mediterraneus var. subconcolor Requien, 1848
Conus mediterraneus var. subviridis DeGregorio, 1885
Conus mediterraneus var. vayssierei Kobelt, 1906
Conus olivaceus von Salis Marschlins, 1793
Conus olivaceus Kiener, 1845
Conus pallans Nardo, 1847
Conus phegeus Nardo, 1847
Conus postdiluvianus Risso, 1826
Conus rusticus Poli, 1826
Conus siculus DelleChiaje, 1828
Conus stercutius Nardo, 1847
Conus submediterraneus Locard, 1886
Conus thuscus Nardo, 1847
Conus trunculus Monterosato, 1899
Conus vayssierei var. ossea Monterosato, 1917
Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791
Conus ventricosus var. elpus DeGregorio, 1885
Conus ventricosus var. empismus DeGregorio, 1885
Lautoconus noeformis Monterosato, 1923

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Conus ventricosus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November July 2009.
^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchyology vol. VI, p. 66; 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.

External links[edit]

The Conus Biodiversity website
"Lautoconus ventricosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

[WoRMS-1] Conus ventricosus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November July 2009.

[2] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchyology vol. VI, p. 66; 1879.

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