Conus thalassiarchus

Conus thalassiarchus
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. thalassiarchus
Binomial name
	Conus thalassiarchus; G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms
	Conus (Calibanus) thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus castrensis Gould, 1842; Conus mariei Jousseaume, 1899; Conus thalassiarchus f. ikatt Shikama, 1979 (unavailable name: established as a "form" after 1960); Conus thalassiarchus var. elevata Wils, 1972; Conus vidua var. azona Wils, 1972 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960); Conus vidua var. depriesteri Wils, 1972 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960); Conus vidua var. elevata Wils, 1972 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960); Thalassiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834); Virgiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834);

Conus thalassiarchus, common name the bough cone, is a species 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 the shell varies between 35 mm and 115 mm. The spire is depressed and nearly smooth, with a sharp angle. The color of the shell is white, longitudinally and angularly reticulated with chestnut lines, chocolate-tinted at the base. It shows sometimes an irregular central white band covered by revolving lines of spots, and occasionally with yellowish bands above and below the latter and similarly spotted.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off the Southern Philippines.

Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Jousseaume, F., 1899. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Le Naturaliste 13(2): 91
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J., 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. Hemmen: 517 pp
Petit, R. E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1.
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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.

External links[edit]

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Virgiconus thalassiarchus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Syntype in MNHN, Paris

[WoRMS-1] Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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