''Conus nobilis'', common name the noble cone, is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...

, the

cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, or lines co ...

and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and venomous. ;Subspecies: * ''Conus nobilis renateae'' Cailliez, 1993 (synonym: ''Eugeniconus nobilis renateae'' (Cailliez, 1993)) * ''Conus nobilis skinneri'' da Motta, 1982 (synonyms: ''Conus skinneri'' da Motta, 1982; ''Eugeniconus nobilis skinneri'' (da Motta, 1982)) * ''Conus nobilis victor'' Broderip, 1842 (synonyms: ''Conus nobilis abbai'' Poppe & Tagaro, 2011; ''Conus nobilis'' var. ''vincoomnes'' Lichtenstein, 1794) * ''Conus nobilis bitleri'' da Motta, 1984: synonym of ''

Conus cordigera ''Conus cordigera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, ...

'' G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 * ''Conus nobilis cordigera'' G. B. Sowerby, 1866: synonym of ''

'' G. B. Sowerby II, 1866

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 71 mm. The spire is depressed, with sulcate and finely striate volutions. The shoulder angles are sharp. The color of the shell is yellowish brown or chestnut, with close revolving lines of numerous small chestnut spots. The whole surface is irregularly overlaid by triangular large white spots. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 30; 1884 Conus nobilis victor 001

Distribution

This marine species is found in sublittoral and deeper waters of the Indo-Pacific from

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, the

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and

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along

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

and Java to Timor; along the Marquesas Islands.

References

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp
* 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''. September 4, 2009 Edition * Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). ''One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23

External links

The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Nobilis nobilis Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus