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Conus sanguinolentus ?ID

Blood-stained Cone

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blood-stained Cone

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Fr.Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornament

KEY FEATURES: To 50mm long. Heavy, low gloss. Body whorl yellow-tan to pale brown, sometimes paler centrally but without distinct band; spire whitish to olive with tan markings on outer whorls, base purple outside and inside. Main whorl with anterior spiral ridges with granules decreasing ans more separated by midbody. Shoulder roundly angled with rounded coronations. Spire low, blunt pointed, with straight to slightly concave edges. Mouth narrow, purple without any paler bands.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Almost identical to Conus lividus, see under that species.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Conus sanguinolentus ?ID Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PROSOBRANCHIA; Neogastropoda; Conacea; CONIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Morgan 258-260; RR beach ID G.McC. 8/98.

References:
Special Reference: Walls (T.F.H.) p.838/pl.588;

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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