Conus lineopunctatus

Conus lineopunctatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus lineopunctatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lineopunctatus Motta, A.J. da, 1991
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lineopunctatus
Binomial name
Conus lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms[1]
Africonus lineopunctatus "Trovão, H." Kaicher, S.D., 1977 Conus (Lautoconus) lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation Conus guttatus Kiener, 1848 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Cucullus guttatus Röding, 1798; Conus neoguttatus is a replacement name) Conus neoguttatus da Motta, 1991 Varioconus lineopunctatus (Kaicher, 1977) Varioconus neoguttatus (da Motta, 1991

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This marine species in the South Atlantic Ocean off Angola at a depth of 20 m.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lineopunctatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429427 on 2015-10-21

• Rosenberg, G. & Petit, R. E. 2003. Kaicher's Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells: A collation, with discussion of species named therein. Nautilus. 117 (4): 99-120.
• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
• 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

• Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379(assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Africonus lineopunctatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.