Conus marmoreus

Conus marmoreus
A live Conus marmoreus feeding on Monetaria caputserpentis.
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. marmoreus
Binomial name
Conus marmoreus
Synonyms[3]
  • Conus (Conus) marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus crosseanus Bernardi, 1861
  • Conus crosseanus var. lineata Crosse, 1878 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus lineatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Conus maculatus Perry, 1811
  • Conus marmoreus var. granulatus G.B. Sowerby I, 1839 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conus pseudomarmoreus Crosse, 1875
  • Conus (Conus) proarchithalassus Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Conus suffusus Sowerby II, 1870
  • Conus suffusus var. noumeensis Crosse, 1872
  • Cucullus proarchithalassus Röding, 1798

Conus marmoreus, common name the "marbled cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. It is the type species for the genus Conus. This is a species which is believed to feed mostly on marine molluscs including other cone snails.[4][3] This snail is venomous, like all cone snails.

The subspecies: Conus marmoreus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 is a synonym of Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [3]

  1. ^ Kohn, A.; Raybaudi-Massilia, G.; Poppe, G.; Tagaro, S. (2013). "Conus marmoreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192701A2144744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192701A2144744.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, 10th ed., 1
  3. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215457 on 2015-10-30
  4. ^ "Conus marmoreus". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2013-07-12.