Conus franciscanus

Conus franciscanus
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Conus franciscanus
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Conservation status
File:Status iucn3.1 EN.svg Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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. franciscanus
Binomial name
Conus franciscanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
Conus (Lautoconus) franciscanus Bruguière, 1792 Conus (Lautoconus) hybridus Kiener, 1847 · accepted, alternate representation Conus hybridus Kiener, 1847 Lautoconus franciscanus (Bruguière, 1792) Lautoconus hybridus Kiener, 1845 Varioconus franciscanus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)· accepted, alternate representation

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Conus hybridus Kiener, L.C., 1845

Conus franciscanus, common name the hybrid cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. 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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 22 mm and 47 mm.
It resembles Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791, but its color is darker.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

References

• 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
• 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

External links

• Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344
• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Lautoconus hybridus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.