Conus

Caracoles cono
Conus geographus
Taxonomía
Reino:	Animalia
Filo:	Mollusca
Clase:	Gastropoda
Orden:	Sorbeoconcha
Superfamilia:	Conoidea
Familia:	Conidae
Género:	Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Especie tipo
Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758

Conus es un género de moluscos gasterópodos de la familia Conidae, conocidos vulgarmente como conos. Habitan en aguas de los océano Índico y Pacífico.

Posee una neurotoxina más potente que el cianuro. Se le dice caparazón de cigarrillo porque una picadura de este molusco es capaz de causar la muerte en el tiempo en el que uno fuma un cigarrillo. Un famoso nadador australiano murió a causa de su picadura.^{[cita requerida]} Su veneno es así de fuerte porque necesitan matar al pez lo más rápido posible.^{[cita requerida]}

Especies

Tiene aproximadamente 700 especies existentes; lista incompleta:

• Conus abbotti Clench, 1942
• Conus achatinus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810
• Conus africanus L.C. Kiener, 1849
• Conus alabaster Reeve, 1849
• Conus albicans Sowerby II, 1857
• Conus aldrovadi
• Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791
• Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889
• Conus anabathrum Crosse, 1865
• Conus aphrodite Petuch, 1979
• Conus araneosus Lightfoot, 1786
• Conus archon Broderip, 1833
• Conus arcuatus Broderip et Sowerby, 1829
• Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus aristophanes Sowerby II, 1857
• Conus armadillo Shikama, 1971
• Conus armiger Crosse, 1858
• Conus articulatus Sowerby III, 1873
• Conus artroptus Sowerby I en Sowerby II, 1833
• Conus asiaticus da Motta, 1985
• Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844
• Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus auratinus da Motta, 1982
• Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987
• Conus aureus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus auricomus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus austini Rehder & Abbott, 1951
• Conus australis Holten, 1802
• Conus baileyi Röckel & da Motta, 1979
• Conus bajanensis Usticke, 1968
• Conus balteatus Sowerby I en Sowerby II, 1833
• Conus bandanus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong, 1949
• Conus batheon Sturany, 1904
• Conus bengalensis
• Conus berdulinus Veillard, 1972
• Conus bermudensis Clench, 1942
• Conus bernardi Kiener, 1845
• Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus binghamae Petuch, 1987
• Conus bocki Sowerby III, 1881
• Conus boeticus Reeve, 1844
• Conus boholensis Petuch, 1979
• Conus broderipii Reeve, 1844
• Conus brunneus Wood, 1828
• Conus bullatus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus californicus Hinds, 1844
• Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792
• Conus canonicus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus caracteristicus G. Fischer, 1807
• Conus cardinalis Hwass, 1792
• Conus caribbaeus Clench, 1942
• Conus carinatus Swainson, 1822
• Conus catus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus cebuganus da Motta & Martin, 1982
• Conus cernohorskyi da Motta, 1983
• Conus cervus Lam., 1822
• Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798)
• Conus chiangi (Azuma, 1972)
• Conus chrysocestus S. S. Berry, 1968
• Conus cinereus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929
• Conus circumcisus Born, 1778
• Conus citrinus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus clarki Rehder & Abbott, 1951
• Conus coccineus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858
• Conus collisus Reeve, 1849
• Conus colorovariegatus Kosuge, 1981
• Conus comatosa Pilsbry, 1904
• Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855
• Conus consors Sowerby I en Sowerby II, 1833
• Conus conspersus
• Conus corallinus Kiener, 1845
• Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus crocatus Lam., 1810
• Conus cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby I, 1830
• Conus dalli Stearns, 1873
• Conus daphne
• Conus daucus Hwass, 1792
• Conus daullei Cross, 1858
• Conus dayriti Röckel & da Motta, 1983
• Conus delessertii Recluz, 1843
• Conus delicatus Schepman, 1913
• Conus diadema Sowerby, 1834
• Conus dispar Sowerby, 1833
• Conus distans Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus dondani Kosuge, 1981
• Conus duplicatus Sowerby I, 1823
• Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872)
• Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus eburneus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus elisae
• Conus emaciatus Reeve, 1849
• Conus episcopatus da Motta, 1982
• Conus ermineus Born, 1778
• Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943
• Conus excelsus Sowerby III, 1908
• Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810
• Conus eximius Reeve, 1849
• Conus fergusoni Sowerby, 1873
• Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus fischoederi Röckel & da Motta, 1983
• Conus flamingo Petuch, 1980
• Conus flavescens G. B. II Sowerby, 1834
• Conus flavidus Lam., 1810
• Conus floccatus G.B. I Sowerby & G.B. II Sowerby, 1841
• Conus floccatus Sowerby I en Sowerby II, 1839
• Conus floridanus Gabb, 1868
• Conus floridensis G. B. II Sowerby, 1870
• Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve, 1848
• Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848
• Conus fulgetrum Sowerby I en Sowerby II, 1834
• Conus fulvobullatus da Motta, 1982
• Conus furvus Reeve, 1843
• Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767
• Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus gladiator Broderip, 1833
• Conus glans Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus glicksteini Petuch, 1987
• Conus gloriakiiensis
• Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz, 1777
• Conus gradatus Wood, 1828
• Conus grangeri
• Conus granifer
• Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus gubba Kiener, 1845
• Conus harasewychi Petuch, 1987
• Conus hirasei (Kira, 1956)
• Conus hypochlorus Tomlin, 1937
• Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda, 1956)
• Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus insculptus Kiener, 1845
• Conus ione Fulton, 1938
• Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus juliae Clench, 1942
• Conus kimioi (Habe, 1965)
• Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956)
• Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge, 1970
• Conus kuroharai (Habe, 1965)
• Conus lani Crandall, 1979
• Conus lapulapui da Motta & Martin, 1982
• Conus laterculatus Sowerby III, 1870
• Conus legatus Lam., 1810
• Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel, 1982
• Conus leobrerai da Motta & Martin, 1982
• Conus leopardus (Röding, 1798)
• Conus lienardi Bernardi et Crosse, 1861
• Conus lignarius
• Conus litoglyphus Röding, 1798
• Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus lucidus Wood, 1828
• Conus luteus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833
• Conus lynceus Sowerby II, 1857
• Conus macarae Bernardi, 1857
• Conus macgintyi Pilsbry, 1955
• Conus magdalenae Kiener, 1845
• Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843
• Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus mazei Deshayes, 1874
• Conus mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1955
• Conus melvilli Sowerby, 1878
• Conus memiae (Habe & Kosuge, 1970)
• Conus mercatii Brocchi, 1814
• Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus miliaris Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus mindanus Hwass, 1792
• Conus mitratus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838
• Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus montillai Röckel, 1985
• Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
• Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843
• Conus muriculatus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833
• Conus mus Hwass, 1792
• Conus musicus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus mustelinus Hwass en Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus neptunus Reeve, 1843
• Conus nereis Petuch, 1979
• Conus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus nigropunctatus
• Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus nocturnus
• Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus obscurus Sowerby I en Sowerby II, 1833
• Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus orbignyi Audouin, 1831
• Conus otohimeae Kuroda & Ito, 1961
• Conus pagodus Kiener, 1845
• Conus papillosus Kiener, 1845
• Conus parius Reeve, 1844
• Conus parvulus Link, 1807
• Conus patae Abbott, 1971
• Conus patricius Hinds, 1843
• Conus pealii Green, 1830
• Conus pergrandis (Iredale, 1937)
• Conus perplexus Sowerby, 1857
• Conus perryae Clench, 1942
• Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus pilkeyi Petuch, 1974
• Conus planorbis Born, 1778
• Conus polongimarumai Kosuge, 1980
• Conus polyglotta Weinkauff, 1874
• Conus poormani S. S. Berry, 1968
• Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854
• Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus proximus Sowerby II, 1859
• Conus pseudorbignyi Röckel & Lan, 1982
• Conus pseudosulcatus
• Conus pulchellus auct., Swainson, 1822 (non Röding, 1798)
• Conus pulchellus Röding, 1798
• Conus pulcher Lightfoot, 1786
• Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus puncturatus
• Conus purpurascens Sowerby, 1833
• Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786
• Conus radiatus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus rainesae McGinty, 1953
• Conus ranunculus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus raphanus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus recluzianus Bernardi, 1853
• Conus recurvus Broderip, 1833
• Conus regius Gmelin, 1791
• Conus regularis Sowerby, 1833
• Conus retifer Menke, 1829
• Conus rogmartini da Motta, 1982
• Conus saecularis Melvill, 1898
• Conus samiae da Motta, 1982
• Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
• Conus sazanka Shikama, 1970
• Conus scabriusculus Dillwyn, 1817
• Conus scalaris Valenciennes, 1832
• Conus scalptus Reeve, 1843
• Conus selenae Van Mol, Tursch et Kempf, 1967
• Conus sennottorum Rehder et Abbott, 1951
• Conus sowerbei Nyst, 1836
• Conus sowerbii Reeve, 1849
• Conus sowerbyi Bronn, 1848
• Conus sowerbyi Sowerby III, 1870
• Conus spectrum Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus sphacelatus
• Conus spiculum Reeve, 1849
• Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus spurius Gmelin, 1791
• Conus stearnsii Conrad, 1869
• Conus stercusmuscarum Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus stimpsoni Dall, 1902
• Conus stramineus Lam., 1810
• Conus striatellus Link, 1807
• Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus subaequalis Sowerby III, 1870
• Conus sugillatus Reeve, 1844
• Conus sugimotonis Kuroda, 1928
• Conus sulcatus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge, 1981
• Conus suratensis Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus taeniatus Hwass, 1792
• Conus telatus Reeve, 1848
• Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby II, 1858
• Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
• Conus terebra Born, 1778
• Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
• Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1834
• Conus thomae Gmelin, 1791
• Conus tigrinus
• Conus tornatus Sowerby, 1933
• Conus tribblei Walls, 1977
• Conus tulipa Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus undulatus auct., Sowerby II, 1857-1858 (non Solander, 1786)
• Conus ustickei Miller In Usticke, 1959
• Conus varius Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus ventricosus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1789
• Conus vicdani Lan, 1978
• Conus vidua Reeve, 1843
• Conus villepinii P. Fischer et Bernardi, 1857
• Conus vimineus Reeve, 1849
• Conus vinctus
• Conus viola Cernohorsky, 1977
• Conus virgatus Reeve, 1849
• Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758
• Conus vittatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
• Conus vitulinus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus voluminalis Reeve, 1843
• Conus vulpinus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792
• Conus wakayamaensis (Kuroda, 1956)
• Conus ximenes Gray, 1839
• Conus ziczac Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1816

Enlaces externos

• Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Conus.
• Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Conus.