Conus inscriptus

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

Conus inscriptus
Apertural view of Conus inscriptus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. inscriptus
Binomial name
Conus inscriptus Reeve, 1843[1]
Synonyms[2]
Asprella inscripta (Reeve, 1843) Asprella inscripta adenensis E. A. Smith, 1891 Conus adenensis E. A. Smith, 1891 Conus cavailloni Fenaux, 1942 Conus cuneiformis E. A. Smith, 1877 Conus evansi Bondarev, 2001 Conus inscriptus f. meridionalis G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1989 (inavailable name: established as a form after 1960) Conus inscriptus indicus Röckel, 1979 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus magus var. indicus Weinkauff, 1874) Conus keatiformis Shikama, 1977 Conus keatii G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Conus maculospira Pilsbry & Johnson, 1921 Conus maculospira Pilsbry, 1922 Conus maculospira bangladeshianus da Motta, 1985 † Conus planiliratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 Conus planiliratus G. B. Sowerby III, 1870(invalid: junior homonym of Conus planiliratus G.B. Sowerby I, 1850 (fossil);Conus maculospira is a replacement name) Conus planiliratus var. batheon Sutrany, 1904 Conus sartii Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2001 Conus tegulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 Conus (Phasmoconus) inscriptus Reeve, 1843 . accepted, alternative representation Graphiconus cavailloni (Fenaux, 1942) Graphiconus inscriptus (Reeve, 1843)

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.

Conus inscriptus Reeve, L.A., 1843

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 65 mm. The shell is rather solid, smooth, grooved towards the base. Its color is ash-white, with dark chestnut hieroglyphic characters, interrupted by revolving series of spots in the middle and at the base.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; also found off Western Thailand and in the Aegean Sea (as an introduced alien)