OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Volutoconus coniformis Cox, 1871
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cymbiola (Volutoconus) coniformis auct
Volutoconus coniformis Cox, 1871
Distribution
Dampier Archipelago to West Kimberley, Western Australia {Wilson1993B}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to about 20 m deep {POPPE1992A}
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.213, pl. 107, figs. 10-11 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks
] General reference
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.135, pl. 61C, 61D [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.117 [ description, distribution, habitat and synonymy
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
Volutoconus Crosse, 1871
Volutoconus coniformis Cox, 1871
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12257) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.