Conus locumtenens

Conus locumtenens
Apertural view of Conus locumtenens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. locumtenens
Binomial name
Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Leptoconus) locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791 · accepted, alternate representation Conus acuminatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus coxianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 Conus insignis G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 Conus multicatenatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865 Conus schech Weinkauff, 1873 Conus substitutus Link, 1807 Conus viaderi Fenaux, 1942 Conus vicarius Röding, 1798 Cucullus vicarius Röding, 1798 Leptoconus locumtenens (Blumenbach, 1791)

Conus locumtenens, common name the vice admiral cone, 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.

Subspecies

• Conus locumtenens assilorenzoi (Cossignani & Assi, 2016)
• Conus locumtenens biggii (Cossignani & Assi, 2016)
• Conus locumtenens linae (Cossignani & Assi, 2016)
• Conus locumtenens locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 66 mm. The spire is channeled and concavely elevated. The color of the shell is yellowish or pink-white, with a network of chestnut or chocolate. It is sometimes indistinctly banded, with lines of spots on the bands. The aperture is generally rose-tinted.^[3]

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

• Sowerby, G. B., III. 1895. Descriptions of nine new species of shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5):214–217, pl. 13.
• 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

Below are several color forms:

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  Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, J.F., 1791
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  Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, J.F., 1791
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  Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, J.F., 1791
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  Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, J.F., 1791

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus locumtenens.

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Leptoconus locumtenens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea