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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conidae Rafinesque, 1815

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Cytharopsis
   Leiocythara
   Pseudorhaphitoma
   Venustoma
   Conus Linnaeus, 1758
   Conorbis Swainson, 1840
   Clathurellinae H. & A. Adams, 1858
   Raphitominae Bellardi, 1875
   Conorbinae De Gregorio, 1890

Common Name

Cones p.365      Kay, E.A. 1979.  
Cone shells p.183      Allan, J. 1950.  
Poison Cone-shells p.132      Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961.  

Keywords

feeds on: animals 
habitat: coral reef 
reproduction: gonochorism 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.183-185 General reference
 Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. p.74, 77 General reference
 Hinton, A. 1972. p.63 General reference
 Iredale, T. 1930. p.79-80 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.365-367 General reference
 Powell, A.W.B. 1958. p.82-83 General reference
 Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.132 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995.  General reference
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.201-205 Key
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.140-142 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14228) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-07-02.