OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (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.