Conus nocturnus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus nocturnus (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. nocturnus
Binomial name
Conus nocturnus sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Conus) nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 · accepted, alternate representation Conus deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus nocturnus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym and homonym of Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786)

Conus nocturnus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

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.

The size of the shell varies between 45 and 86 mm (1.8 and 3.4 in). The pattern of the markings are essentially the same as in Conus marmoreus, but the chocolate-color coalesces into two broad irregular bands within which the triangular white spots appear only occasionally. In Conus deburghiae the surface is sometimes granular in the revolving lines, and the nodules are compressed.^[2]

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, off Mauritius, Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea.

• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition.
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
• Lorenz F. & Barbier J.P. (2012) Two new cones from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae). Acta Conchyliorum 11: 3–10. [April 2012]
• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus nocturnus.

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Conus (Conus) nocturnus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea