Conus nimbosus

Conus nimbosus
	Apertural view of Conus nimbosus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. nimbosus
Binomial name
	Conus nimbosus; Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms[2]
	Conus (Phasmoconus) nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus tenellus Holten, 1802; Conus tenellus Dillwyn, 1817; Nimboconus nimbosus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792); Rolaniconus nimbosus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792);

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

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

Conus nimbosus nanoclarus Bozzetti, 2017 (off Madagascar)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 33 mm and 65 mm. The color of the rather smooth shell is rosy or violaceous white, with two faint chestnut bands, closely encircled by lines of small chocolate dots. The body whorl shows close revolving grooves. The spire is rather flat and has a greyish white apex.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles, India, and Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Samoa.

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References

Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2011.
George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 82; 1884

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
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
Bozzetti L. , 2017. Conus nimbosus nanoclarus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new subspecies from South-East Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 96: 3–5

Gallery

Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conus nimbosus nanoclarus Bozzetti, 2017

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
"Rolaniconus nimbosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

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[1] Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757

[WoRMS-2] Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 August 2011.

[3] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 82; 1884