Conus inscriptus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

Conus inscriptus
Apertural view of Conus inscriptus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. inscriptus
Binomial name
Conus inscriptus
Reeve, 1843 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asprella inscripta (Reeve, 1843)
  • Asprella inscripta adenensis E. A. Smith, 1891
  • Conus adenensis E. A. Smith, 1891
  • Conus cavailloni Fenaux, 1942
  • Conus cuneiformis E. A. Smith, 1877
  • Conus evansi Bondarev, 2001
  • Conus inscriptus f. meridionalis G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1989 (inavailable name: established as a form after 1960)
  • Conus inscriptus indicus Röckel, 1979 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus magus var. indicus Weinkauff, 1874)
  • Conus keatiformis Shikama, 1977
  • Conus keatii G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
  • Conus maculospira Pilsbry & Johnson, 1921
  • Conus maculospira Pilsbry, 1922
  • Conus maculospira bangladeshianus da Motta, 1985
  • Conus planiliratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850
  • Conus planiliratus G. B. Sowerby III, 1870(invalid: junior homonym of Conus planiliratus G.B. Sowerby I, 1850 (fossil);Conus maculospira is a replacement name)
  • Conus planiliratus var. batheon Sutrany, 1904
  • Conus sartii Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2001
  • Conus tegulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) inscriptus Reeve, 1843 . accepted, alternative representation
  • Graphiconus cavailloni (Fenaux, 1942)
  • Graphiconus inscriptus (Reeve, 1843)

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.

Conus inscriptus Reeve, L.A., 1843

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 65 mm. The shell is rather solid, smooth, grooved towards the base. Its color is ash-white, with dark chestnut hieroglyphic characters, interrupted by revolving series of spots in the middle and at the base.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; also found off Western Thailand and in the Aegean Sea (as an introduced alien)

References

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  1. ^ Reeve, L. A., 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i: figures and descriptions of the shells of molluscs; with remarks on their affinities, synonymy, and geographical distribution, 1. Conus.
  2. ^ a b Conus inscriptus Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 July 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p.65; 1879
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  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • "Asprella inscripta adenensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea