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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus anemone Lamarck, 1810

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus anemone Lamarck, 1810
   Conus fusiformis Lamarck, 1810
   Conus maculosus var. pallescens Sowerby, 1833
   Conus maculosus Sowerby, 1833
   Conus novaehollandiae A. Adams, 1854
   Conus comptus A. Adams, 1854
   Conus superstriatus Sowerby, 1858
   Conus maculatus Sowerby, 1858
   Conus roseotinctus Sowerby, 1866
   Conus compressus Sowerby, 1866
   Conus rossiteri Brazier, 1870
   Conus carmeli Tenison Woods, 1877
   Conus flindersi Brazier, 1898
   Conus remo Brazier, 1898
   Floraconus peronianus Iredale, 1931
   Conus atractus Tomlin, 1937
   Conus nitidissimus Fenaux, 1942
   Conus incinctus Fenaux, 1942
   Floraconus singletoni Cotton, 1945
   Floraconus saundersi Cotton, 1945

Common Name

Rawhide Cone p.51 [as Conus peronianus]      Coleman, N. 1981.  
The Anemone Cone p.sp. 139      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  
Southern Cone p.190 [ For Floraconus anemone]      Allan, J. 1950.  
New Holland Cone p.50 [as Conus novaehollandiae]      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 40 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
feeding mode: predation 
feeds on: animals [ polychaetes ]
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: rock platform 
substrate: rocks [ ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Angas, G.F. 1867. p.204 [ as Conus maculosus ]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1913. p.307-308 General reference
 Iredale, T. 1914. p.675 [ as Conus maculosus ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.263-264 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. 1966. p.227 [ as Floraconus anemone (Lamarck) ]  General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.235, 237, fig. 273 [ as Floraconus anemone (Lamarck, 1810) ]  New combination
 Pritchard, G. B. & Gatliff, J. H. 1900. p.180-181 General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1843. pl. 25, sp. 139 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.277, pl.59, figs. 8-20 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.199, pl. 49, figs. 8a-k  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.211, pl. 49, figs. 4a-d [ as Conus novaehollandiae Adams, 1854 ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.148, pl. 99, figs. 6-6c General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.148, pl. 99, figs. 8-8b [ as Conus novaehollandiae ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus anemone Lamarck, 1810

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14246) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-28.