OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus pardus Röding, 1798
Conus arabicus Lamarck, 1810
Conus grueneri Reeve, 1843
Common Name
The Letter-Marked Cone p.sp. 183 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Gruener's Cone pl. 43, sp. 231 [as Conus grueneri] Reeve, L.A. 1844.
Lettered Cone p.160, pl.161 Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.47
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
Braga, J.M. 1952.
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
feeds on: animals [ polychaetes
]
habitat: coral reef [ in coral rubble
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Allan, J. 1950. p.185, pl. 26, fig. 19 General reference
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.129, pl. 5, fig. 9 General reference
Demond, J. 1957. p.328-329 General reference
Hedley, C. 1899. p.476-467 General reference
Hinton, A. 1972. p.70, fig. 1 General reference
Maes, V.O. 1967. p.146 General reference
McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.114, fig. 257 General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1843. pl. 33, sp. 183 General reference
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.132, pl. 18, fig. 1 General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.79, pl. 10, figs. 1-4 Contains synonymy
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.345, fig. 318 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.209, pl. 43, figs. 8a-b General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.144, pl. 97, fig. 9 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14400) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-06-10.