OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758
   Cucullus medusae Röding, 1798
   Conus betulinus var. immaculata Dautzenberg, 1906
   Conus betulinus var. plurizonata Dautzenberg, 1937
   Conus betulinus var. scripta Dautzenberg, 1937
   Conus betulinus var. alternans Dautzenberg, 1937
   Conus betulinus var. tabulata Dautzenberg, 1937
   Conus betulinus var. paucimaculata Dautzenberg, 1937
   Conus zulu Petuch, 1979

Common Name

The Butter-Firkin Cone p.sp. 67      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  
Betuline Cone p.192, pl. 540      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

absent from Red Sea

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
     Try, I. 2001. p.401 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.46 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m, mostly above 20 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
feeds on: animals 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: sand flats 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.128, pl. 5, fig. 4 General reference
 Hinton, A. 1972. p.84, fig. 7 General reference
 Oostingh, C.H. 1925. p.197-200 General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1843. p.sp. 67, pl. 13 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.92, pl. 13, figs. 4-11 Contains synonymy
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.356 [ as Gastridium betulinus ]  New combination
 Smith, E.A. 1891. p.400 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.201, pl. 45, figs. 9a-b  General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.144, pl. 97, fig. 12 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14283) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.