Conus generalis

Conus generalis, common name the general cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[3]

Conus generalis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus generalis Linnaeus, C., 1767
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. generalis
Binomial name
Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767[2]
Synonyms[3]
Conus (Strategoconus) generalis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted, alternate representation Conus generalis var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus generalis var. regenfussi Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus generalis var. subunicolor Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus krabiensis da Motta, 1982 Conus spiculum Reeve, 1849 Conus spirogloxus Deshayes, 1863 Cucullus dux Röding, 1798 Cucullus filosus Röding, 1798 Cucullus locumtenens Röding, 1798 Strategoconus spiculum (Reeve, L.A., 1849) Strategoconus generalis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Conus generalis Linnaeus, C., 1767

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 45 mm and 105 mm. The thick, broad spire is rather plane, with a characteristic, small, acuminate, raised apex. The color of the shell is orange-brown to chocolate, irregularly white-banded at the shoulder, in the middle, and at the base. These two or three bands are overlaid with zigzag or irregular chocolate-colored markings. The aperture is white.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in various shallow substrates in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia and the Philippines and from Northwest Australia to French Polynesia and the Ryukyu Islands; in the Central Indian Ocean along the Maldives.

Synonyms

• Conus generalis maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: synonym of Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
• Conus generalis monteiroi Barros e Cunha, 1933: synonym of Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
• Conus generalis var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1937: synonym of Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767
• Conus generalis var. regenfussi Dautzenberg, 1937: synonym of Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767
• Conus generalis var. subunicolor Dautzenberg, 1937: synonym of Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767