OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus mitratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus mitratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus mitraeformis var. pupaeformis Sowerby III, 1870

Common Name

The Mitred Cone pl. 18, sp. 100      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 25 m ]
depth: intertidal [ from 1 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.142-143, pl. 50, fig. 1 General reference
 Habe, T. 1964. p.116, pl. 37, fig. 1 [ as Hermes (Leporiconus) mitratus (Hwass) ]  New combination
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.243, pl. 50, figs. 22-24 Contains synonymy
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.357 [ as Gastridium mitratus ]  New combination
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.210, pl. 46, figs. 17a-b  General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.152, pl. 101, figs. 7-7a General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus mitratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14422) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.