Conus exiguus, common name Cabrit's cone, is a species 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 the shell varies between 14 mm and 54 mm. The violaceous shell is more or less marbled with chestnut, and more or less granular on the body whorl. The convex spire convex is conical and tuberculated. The aperture is violaceous.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus plumbeus)
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Samoa, and Vietnam.
References
Bernardi, A. B., 1859. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7: 377–378 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J., 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. Hemmen: 517 pp Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218 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
Gallery Below are several color forms:
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
Holotype in MNHN, Paris