Conus glans

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

Conus glans
Four shells of the Acorn cone, Conus glans
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. glans
Binomial name
Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Leporiconus) glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus fusiformis Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 Conus glans var. granulata Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus violaceus Link, 1807 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791) Leporiconus glans (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Varieties

• Conus glans var. granulata Dautzenberg, 1937: synonym of Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
• Conus glans var. tenuigranulata Dautzenberg, 1937: synonym of Conus tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 65 mm. The shell is encircled throughout with coarse or fine striae, which are sometimes granular; violaceous or brown, with a few lighter spots on the spire, and usually a light irregular band below the middle of the body whorl. The aperture is violaceous.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the tropical West Pacific; off India; off Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).