OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus elegans Sowerby, 1895
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus elegans Sowerby, 1895
Conus torensis Sturany, 1904
Conus ramalhoi Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
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: Australia (N): Western Australia
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.46
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 36 m {Rocke1995x55}
]
depth: subtidal [ from 6 m {Rocke1995x55}
]
habit: burrowing, infaunal [ in the sand during the day {Rocke1995x55}
]
substrate: in mud
substrate: sand [
]
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.271, pl. 57, figs. 27-34 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.205, pl. 47, figs. 15a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus elegans Sowerby, 1895
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14347) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.