OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758
   Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus aurifer Röding, 1798
   Conus particolor Perry, 1810
   Conus propenudus Melvill, 1900
   Conus aurantia "Lamarck" Dautzenberg, 1937
   Conus gracianus da Motta & Blöcher in da Motta, 1982

Common Name

The Court Cone p.sp. 134      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  
The Gilded Cone p.sp. 141 [as Conus auratus Hwass, 1792]      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.31 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.45 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m ]
depth: intertidal [ from 1 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
feeds on: animals 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: intertial flats [ ]
substrate: in coral rubble 
substrate: in sand 
substrate: under stones 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.186, pl. 26, fig. 5 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.122, pl. 1, fig. 5 General reference
 Demond, J. 1957. p.326 General reference
 Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. p.72, pl. 64, fig. 6 New combination
 Reeve, L.A. 1843. p.sp. 134, pl. 24 General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1843. p.sp. 141, pl. 25 [ as Conus auratus Hwass, 1792 ]  General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.287, pl. 61, figs. 1-6 [ as Regiconus aulicus ]  Contains synonymy
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.354 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.200, pl. 41, figs. 14a-b  General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14272) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.