Conus pertusus

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

Conus pertusus
Apertural view of Conus pertusus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. pertusus
Binomial name
Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792[1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Rhizoconus) pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation Conus amabilis Lamarck, 1810 Conus festivus Dillwyn, 1817 Dendroconus pertusus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Rhizoconus pertusus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

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.

Subspecies

• Conus pertusus elodieallaryae (T. Cossignani, 2013)
• Conus pertusus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 69 mm. The spire is convex, rather obtuse. The body whorl is encircled by distant punctate striae. The color of the shell is rosy tinged with yellow and interruptedly banded with white blotches below the shoulder and in the middle of the body-whorl.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in the entire Indo-Pacific; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).