OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus floccatus Sowerby, 1839
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus floccatus Sowerby II, 1839
Conus magdalenae Kiener, 1845
Conus circumsignatus Crosse, 1865
Common Name
The Snow-Flaked Cone p.sp. 14 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Samoan Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 80 m
]
depth: intertidal [ from 1 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
feeds on: animals [ small fishes and molluscs
]
habitat: coral reef [ from laggon pinnacles to the outer side of barrier reefs {Rocke1995x55}
]
References
Reeve, L.A. 1843. p.sp. 14, pl. 3 General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.215, pl. 43, figs. 17-20 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.206, pl. 44, figs. 11a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus floccatus Sowerby, 1839
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14363) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.