Conus lischkeanus
A venomous cone snail with a sulphur-yellow shell found across the Indo-Pacific.
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Conus lischkeanus, commonly known as Lischke's cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous, capable of stinging humans, so live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- SubclassCaenogastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyConidae
- GenusConus
- SpeciesConus lischkeanus
Named by Weinkauff, 1875
Close relatives
Other species of Conus with a Codexery entry.
- Conus abbas Conus abbas
- Conus abrolhosensis Conus abrolhosensis
- Conus achatinus Conus achatinus
- Conus acutangulus Conus acutangulus
- Conus aito Conus aito
- Conus ammiralis Conus ammiralis
- Conus anabathrum Conus anabathrum
- Conus anemone Conus anemone
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Conus lischkeanus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 428185 (CC BY 4.0)
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC)
- LC▲ this species
- NT
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category
Where the conus lischkeanus has been recorded
Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (372 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 18 inland records left out (institution coordinates).
Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain) · place coordinates: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Lore & Background
The shell of Conus lischkeanus varies in size from 20 mm to 75 mm. The whorls of the spire contain a shallow channel, and the body whorl is smooth, striate at the base.
Its color is sulphur-yellow, without ornamentation except maculations on the spire, and the aperture is white. This marine species occurs off Japan and Taiwan, Queensland, Western Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Kermadec Islands. There are reported finds from the Philippines and in the Indian Ocean from Natal, South Africa to the Gulf of Aden.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Conus lischkeanus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Classification: the source article's taxobox; order, family and genus checked against WoRMS, the World Register of Marine Species (CC BY 4.0).
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List assessment.
- Occurrence records: GBIF (CC0 / CC BY). Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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