OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus coffaea Gmelin, 1791
   Conus caffer Röding, 1798
   Conus scabriusculus Dillwyn, 1817
   Conus fabula Sowerby, 1833

Common Name

Suso-murasaki-imo G3983 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G3983]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m ]
depth: intertidal [ from 2 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
feeds on: animals [ polychaetes (Eunicidae) ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: coral 
substrate: sand 

References

 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.240, pl. 50, figs. 8-12 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.203, pl. 46, fig. 10  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14312) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.