OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name
The Soldier Cone pl. 2, sp. 9 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Mile Cone p.112, pl.334 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
feeds on: polychaetes [ eunicid, nereid and spinoid
]
habitat: coral reef
spawn/eggs: egg capsules pelagic
spawn/eggs: spawning, aggregate
substrate: in coral rubble
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.127, pl. 3, fig. 9 General reference
Demond, J. 1957. p.329 General reference
Dufo 1840. p.171 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.375, fig. 122H General reference
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. p.212-215 General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.136, pl. 23, figs. 21-24 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.210, pl. 45, figs. 7a-b General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.146, pl. 98, figs. 9-9a General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14416) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.