{{short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus bayeri | image =Conus bayeri 1.jpg | image2 =Conus bayeri 001.jpg | image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of ''Conus bayeri'' <small>(Petuch, E.J., 1987)</small> | authority = Petuch, 1987 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 22 April 2024">{{cite iucn |author=Petuch, E. |date=2013 |title=''Conus bayeri'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T192474A2100979|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192474A2100979.en |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Conus (Dauciconus) bayeri'' <small>Petuch, 1987</small> · accepted, alternative representation * ''Gradiconus bayeri'' <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small> * ''Profundiconus bayeri'' <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Conus bayeri''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|426394|''Conus bayeri'' Petuch, 1987||27 March 2010}}</ref>

thumb|Conus bayeri Petuch, E.J., 1987

Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these marine snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

== Description == '''Original description:''' "Shell small for genus, slender with low spire; body whorl smooth, with 10 incised sulci around anterior tip; shoulder sharp-angled, carinated; spire whorls slightly canaliculate; 2 small spiral sulci on body whorl just below shoulder carina; shell color white with 6 wide spiral bands made up of small, pale yellow-tan vertical lines; clear band around mid-body; anterior tip white; spiral whorls with scattered pale yellow-tan flammules; interior of aperture white; early whorls with beaded carina."<ref name="Petuch, E.J page 114">Petuch, E.J. 1987-''New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas'', page 114. Publ: CERF</ref>

The maximum recorded shell length is 16&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''PLoS ONE'' '''5'''(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

==Distribution== '''Locus typicus:''' "Golfo de Morrosquillo, Colombia."<ref name="Petuch, E.J page 114"/>

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and Colombia.

== Habitat == Minimum recorded depth is 35 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/> Maximum recorded depth is 35 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Petuch, E. J. 1987. ''New Caribbean molluscan faunas''. [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. * Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.'' Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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]

==External links== * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea] * {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=9448|title=''Gradiconus bayeri''|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Bayeri}} bayeri Category:Gastropods described in 1987 Category:Taxa named by Edward James Petuch

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