Conus furvus

Conus furvus, common name the dark cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[3]

Conus furvus
Apertural view of a shell of Conus furvus
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. furvus
Binomial name
Conus furvus Reeve, 1843[2]
Synonyms[3]
Calibanus furvus (Reeve, 1843) Conus (Calibanus) furvus Reeve, 1843 accepted, alternate representation Conus aegrotus Reeve, 1849 Conus albicans G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus albus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 Conus buxeus Reeve, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus buxeus Röding, 1798; C. neobuxeus da Motta, 1991, is a replacement name) Conus cecilei Kiener, 1845 Conus crepusculum Reeve, 1844 Conus granifer Reeve, 1849 Conus lignarius Reeve, 1843 Conus multilineatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1875 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus multilineatus Pecchioli, 1864; Conus polygrammus is a replacement name) Conus neobuxeus da Motta, 1991 Conus nivalis da Motta, 1985 Conus polygrammus Tomlin, 1937 Conus turritinus da Motta, 1985

Conus furvus Reeve, L.A., 1843

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 71 mm. The ground color of the shell is pale brown, with fine close lines of chestnut-brown, and one or two paler bands. The shoulder ( = the angulation of the shell whorls) is somewhat obtuse. The spire is concavely elevated, with an acute apex. The spire is uniform pale brown.^[4] Tryon describes the variety furvus with this special characteristics. The revolving lines are broken up into minute dots The form is somewhat narrower. Some of the spire whorls are finely beaded.^[4]

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  forma aegrotus
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  forma lignarius

Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species. The type locality is Port Sacloban, Leyte Island in the Philippines. The species occurs along the Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and from the Philippines to Japan. It is also found in the South China Sea.