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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae

Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843

Common Name

The Magnificant Cone pl. 6, sp. 32 Reeve, L.A. 1843.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m ]
depth: subtidal [ from 5 m ]
habitat: coral reef [ on lagoon pinnacles, reef flats and outer slope {Rocke1995x55} ]
substrate: sand [ ]

References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.123, pl. 41, fig. 2 General reference
Hinton, A. 1972. p.80, figs. 3-4 General reference
R�ckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.291, pl. 62, figs. 1-5 Contains synonymy
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.354 [ as Gastridium magnificus ] New combination
Wilson, B. 1994. p.209, pl. 41, fig. 10 General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14409) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.