Conus ventricosus mediterraneus
Conus ventricosus mediterraneus is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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 13 mm and 63 mm. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous; sometimes chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated; and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, light band below the middle. The elevated spire is rudely gradate and maculated. The interior of the shell is light chocolate, with a light band.
Distribution
This subspecies occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, but not in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
Synonyms
Conus adriaticus Nardo, 1847Conus alticonica Pallary, 1904Conus amazonicus Nardo, 1847Conus ammiralis var. americanus Gmelin, 1791Conus caffer Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882Conus caillaudi Jay, 1846Conus chersoideus Nardo, 1847Conus cinctus Bosc, 1801Conus cinereus Delle Chiaje & Poli, 1826 Conus clodianus Nardo, 1847Conus cretheus Nardo, 1847Conus elpus De Gregorio, 1885Conus epaphus Nardo, 1847Conus erosus Renier, 1804Conus franciscanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Conus galloprovincialis Locard, 1886Conus galloprovincialis var. lineolata Locard & Caziot, 1900Conus galloprovincialis var. minor Locard & Caziot, 1900Conus glaucescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1834Conus grossii Maravigna, 1853Conus guestieri Lorois, 1860Conus hanleyi G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus herillus Nardo, 1847Conus humilis von Salis Marschlins, 1793Conus ignobilis Olivi, 1792Conus ignobilis var. rufa Scacchi, 1836Conus inaequalis Reeve, 1849Conus intermedius Lamarck, 1810Conus istriensis Nardo, 1847Conus jamaicensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Conus jaspis von Salis Marschlins, 1793Conus madurensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Conus mediterraneus f. gaudiosus Nicolay, 1978Conus mediterraneus var. acuta Requien, 1848Conus mediterraneus var. alalmus DeGregorio, 1885Conus mediterraneus var. alba Coen, 1933Conus mediterraneus var. albina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882Conus mediterraneus var. alticonica Pallary, 1904Conus mediterraneus var. amigus DeGregorio, 1885Conus mediterraneus var. arenaria Monterosato, 1917Conus mediterraneus var. ater Philippi, 1836Conus mediterraneus var. caerulescens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883Conus mediterraneus var. carinata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884Conus mediterraneus var. castanea Coen, 1933Conus mediterraneus var. debilis Monterosato, 1917Conus mediterraneus var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885Conus mediterraneus var. emisus DeGregorio, 1885Conus mediterraneus var. fasciata Requien, 1848Conus mediterraneus var. flammulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886Conus mediterraneus var. flavescens Coen, 1933Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887Conus mediterraneus var. interrupta Coen, 1933 Conus mediterraneus var. lutea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888Conus mediterraneus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 Conus mediterraneus var. marmoratus Philippi, 1836Conus mediterraneus var. minor Monterosato, 1878 Conus mediterraneus var. oblonga Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890Conus mediterraneus var. obtusa Requien, 1848Conus mediterraneus var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1891 Conus mediterraneus var. persistens Kobelt, 1906Conus mediterraneus var. pretunculus Monterosato, 1917Conus mediterraneus var. rubens Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 Conus mediterraneus var. rufatra DeGregorio, 1885Conus mediterraneus var. scalare Dautzenberg, 1911Conus mediterraneus var. scalaris Pallary, 1912Conus mediterraneus var. subconcolor Requien, 1848 Conus mediterraneus var. subviridis DeGregorio, 1885 Conus mediterraneus var. vayssierei Kobelt, 1906Conus olivaceus von Salis Marschlins, 1793Conus olivaceus Kiener, 1845 Conus pallans Nardo, 1847 Conus phegeus Nardo, 1847 Conus postdiluvianus Risso, 1826Conus rusticus Poli, 1826 Conus siculus DelleChiaje, 1828Conus stercutius Nardo, 1847Conus submediterraneus Locard, 1886Conus thuscus Nardo, 1847Conus trunculus Monterosato, 1899 Conus vayssierei var. ossea Monterosato, 1917 Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 Conus ventricosus var. elpus DeGregorio, 1885Conus ventricosus var. empismus DeGregorio, 1885 Lautoconus noeformis Monterosato, 1923