Conus biliosus

Conus biliosus
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. biliosus
Binomial name
	Conus biliosus; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Conus (Splinoconus) biliosus (Röding, 1798) accepted, alternate combination; Conus biliosus biliosus (Röding, 1798); Conus concinnus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus concinnus J. de C. Sowerby, 1821; Conus sapphirostoma is a replacement name); Conus piperatus Dillwyn, 1817; Conus punctatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792; Conus roseus Lamarck, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Conus roseus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; Dendroconus neoroseus is a replacement name); Conus sapphirostoma Weinkauff, 1874; Cucullus biliosus Röding, 1798 (original combination); Dendroconus biliosus (Röding, 1798); Dendroconus neoroseus da Motta, 1993; Lividoconus biliosus (Röding, 1798); Splinoconus biliosus (Röding, 1798); Splinoconus biliosus biliosus (Röding, 1798); Viroconus imperator Woolacott, 1956;

Conus biliosus, common name the bilious 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.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:^[3]

Conus biliosus meyeri Walls, 1979 (synonym: Lividiconus meyeri (Walls, 1979); Splinoconus biliosus meyeri (Walls, 1979)· accepted, alternate representation)
Conus biliosus parvulus Link, 1807 (synonyms: Conus parvulus Link, 1807; Conus imperator Woolacott, 1956; Conus roseus Lamarck, 1810)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 64 mm. The small shell is smooth and striate below. Its color is yellowish white, with revolving rows of quadrangular chestnut spots, sometimes partly clouded over, so as to form bands of chestnut clouds. The spire is maculate.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean (from South Africa to Somalia) and off India and Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to the Philippines and to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia.

References

^ Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus biliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192420A2091724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192420A2091724.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ Röding, P. F., 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e Tribus Regnis Naturae Quae olim Collegerat Joa.., 2: I-VIII: 1 -199
^ ^a ^b ^c Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 August 2011.
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp.
Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp
Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben.
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Tableau des espèces. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 29–40
Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp.
Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Monograph of the genus Conus. pp. 328–329 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby, G.B. Vol. 3.
Weinkauff, H.C. 1874. Die Familie der Conae oder Conidae. pp. 252–253 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.
Woolacott, L. 1956. Notes on Australian shells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954–1955: 72–75, 5 figs
Walls, J.G. 1977. Two New Cones from the Western Pacific. The Pariah 1: 1–3
Motta, A.J. da 1992. Replacement name for Conus roseus, Lamarck, 1810 non-Fischer, 1807. La Conchiglia 24(265): 29–30
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
[ Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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
"Lividoconus biliosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

[iucn_status_22_April_2024-1] Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus biliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192420A2091724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192420A2091724.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[2] Röding, P. F., 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e Tribus Regnis Naturae Quae olim Collegerat Joa.., 2: I-VIII: 1 -199

[WoRMS-3] Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 August 2011.

[4] 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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