''Conus guinaicus'' is a

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, a

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. It is part of the genus ''

Conus ''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'', more popularly known as cone snails, cone shells or cones.WoRMS (2010). Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224280 on 2011-07-25

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 21.6 mm and 60 mm. The inflated shell is rather thin. The

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and lower portion of the

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are striate. The color of the shell is chestnut or olivaceous, with usually two bands of irregular white cloudings, and scattered white spots. The

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has a chocolate color, faintly white-banded in the middle. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 65; 1879

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

and

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

Gallery

File:Conus guinaicus 1.jpg, ''Conus guinaicus'' Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 File:Conus guinaicus 2.jpg, ''Conus guinaicus'' Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 File:Conus guinaicus 3.jpg, ''Conus guinaicus'' Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

References

* Pin, M.; Tack, K.D.L. (1995). ''Les cônes du Sénégal. he Conidae of Senegal'' La Conchiglia 277(Suppl.): 1–55, * Tucker J.K. (2009). ''Recent cone species database.'' September 4, 2009 Edition * Filmer R.M. (2001). ''A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998''. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. * Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). A new Lautoconus species radiation from Gambia, West Africa. The Festivus. 50(3): 164–172.

External links

Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789
345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792 ]
Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379
assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7-32, 34–36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016 page(s): 360, pl. 110 fig. 3]
Adams A. (1854 ['1853"]). Descriptions of new species of the genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 116-119

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
* http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_guinaicus.htm *
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