Lilliconus
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Housing of Lilliconus sagei |
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| G. Raybaudi Massilia , 1994 |
Lilliconus is the name of a genus of snails from the family of cone snails , of the two species from the coasts of Somalia and Madagascar are known.
features
The cone snails of the genus Lilliconus have a small, vortex-shaped to cone-shaped snail shell that reaches 6 to 12 mm in length in adult snails. The high, conical thread takes up an eighth to a quarter of the entire length of the housing and has a straight, stepped outline. The protoconch has few threads. The whorls of the Teleoconch are flat or slightly concave and have a spiral rib below the seam, but have no cords. The shoulder is angled, the outline of the body is straight. The bowl is sculptured with persistent nodules. The inside is usually colored pink or brown. The operculum is small.
In the radula teeth connected to a venom gland , the front section is much shorter than the rear section. They have a well-developed posterior cutting edge and a blunt crease on the shaft, while a spur is absent at the base. The barb and the cutting edge are short. The radula teeth have a distinct serration in one or two rows.
The feeding behavior and prey range of the Lilliconus cone snails are unknown.
distribution and habitat
The dwarf cone snails of the genus Lilliconus are widespread in the western Indian Ocean and are known for being found on the coasts of Somalia and Madagascar .
species
The following two species are included in the genus Lilliconus :
- Lilliconus biraghii (G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992)
- Lilliconus sagei (W. Korn & G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993)
literature
- Gabriella Raybaudi Massilia (1992): A new conid species from Somalia: Leptoconus (Thoraconus) biraghii n. Sp. Acta Conchyliorum 3, pp. 31-33 (Pl. 3).
- Werner Korn, Gabriella Raybaudi Massilia (1993): Conus sagei n. Sp. & Conus biraghii congruens n. Sp. La Conchiglia: International Shell Magazine 25 (268), pp. 32-41.
- Gabriella Raybaudi Massilia (1994): Prosobranchia: Conidae: A new Genus. Lilliput, yet fully grown, active predators. La Conchiglia: International Shell Magazine 26 (270), p. 20.
- F. Lorenz (1997): Notes on the genus Lilliconus G. Raybaudi Massilia 1994 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Writings on Malacoology 10, pp. 4-6.
- Nicolas Puillandre, Manuel J. Tenorio (2017): A question of rank: DNA sequences and radula characters reveal a new genus of cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 83 (2), pp. 200-210, doi: 10.1093 / mollus / eyx011
- JK Tucker, MJ Tenorio (2009): Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods. ConchBooks, Hankenheim 2009.
- N. Puillandre, TF Duda, C. Meyer, BM Olivera, P. Bouchet (2015): One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81, pp. 1-23.
