One Conus Marmoreus (marble cone) measuring at least 3 inches. OUT OF STOCK *****

One Conus Marmoreus, commonly known as the Marble Cone Shell, measuring at least 3 inches.

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Conus marmoreus dwell in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and Madagascar, in the Bay of Bengal off India; in the western part of the Pacific Ocean to Fiji and the Marshall Islands; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Adult shells can vary between 1 1/4 to 6 inches. The flattish spire is nodular. The outer lip flares towards posterior. In this species, the distinctive, reticulated color pattern can range from black with white dots, to orange with white reticulations, so arranged as to expose the white in rounded triangular large spots. The aperture is white or light pink.

Reticulation a pattern or arrangement of interlacing lines resembling a net.

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Conoidea

Family: Conidae

Genus: Conus

Species: Conus marmoreus

Linnaeus, 1758

(REF: Kohn, A.; Raybaudi-Massilia, G.; Poppe, G.; Tagaro, S. (2013). "Conus marmoreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013)

(REF:Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, 10th ed., 1)

(REF: Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species)

(REF: George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI)

(REF: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 )

(REF: Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species)

(REF: Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition)

(REF: 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)