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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758
   Conus nebulosus Gmelin, 1791
   Cucullus cinerarius Röding, 1798
   Cucullus maculosus Röding, 1798
   Cucullus guttatus Röding, 1798
   Conus contusus Reeve, 1848
   Conus vinctus A. Adams, 1854
   Conus barbara Brazier, 1898
   Conus frostiana Brazier, 1898

Common Name

Supreme Cone p.50, pl.120      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificVanuatu
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
substrate: in mud 
substrate: in sand 

References

 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.101, pl. 15, figs. 9-14 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.210, pl. 49, fig. 3, pl. 50, figs. 1a-b  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14424) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-11.