Conus daucus

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

Conus daucus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. daucus
Binomial name
Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Dauciconus) daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843 Conus caribbaeus var. circumpunctatus Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus castus Reeve, 1844 Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855 Conus croceus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 Conus daucus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus daucus var. luteus Krebs, 1864 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus luteus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) Conus daucus f. vikingorum Petuch, 1993 Conus mamillaris Green, 1830 Conus massemini (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2016) Conus norai da Motta & G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992 Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810 Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Conus vikingorum Petuch, 1993 Cucullus cardinalis Röding, 1798 Dauciconus daucus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Dauciconus daucus daucus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Dauciconus massemini Monnier & Limpalaër, 2016 Dauciconus vikingorum (Petuch, 1993)

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.

There is one subspecies Conus daucus riosi Petuch, 1986

Description

The shell length varies between 19 mm and 66 mm.^[3] The color of the shell is lemon- or orange-brown, grooved towards the base, with a pale, sometimes interrupted central band, and encircled throughout by rows of small chestnut spots often obsolete. The spire is sometimes maculated with pale chestnut.^[4]

Distribution

Locus typicus: From localities cited by Hwass, Clench(1942) selected the Island of Guadeloupe.^[5]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, off Northeast Brazil, the North Atlantic Ridge, the Red Sea, and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 120 m.^[3]