Conus fuscolineatus G. B. Sowerby Iii 1905

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

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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm. Its shell is ovate-turbinate, smooth and whitish with narrow, dark, transverse lines. It is ornamented at the apex and painted with large, brown, irregular spots. Its spire is very short and obtuse. The aperture of the shell is moderately wide, and broadly triple-banded inside. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Guinee to Angola, and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1905

References

• Sowerby, G. B., III. 1905. Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6(5):279–282, figs. 5, 6
• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition