OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus elongatus Reeve, 1843
Conus oblitus Reeve, 1849
Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
Distribution
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: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m
]
depth: intertidal [ 1 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ mainly in 8-20 m
]
habitat: coral reef
References
Hinton, A. 1972. p.72 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.375-376, fig. 122F General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.53, pl. 4, figs. 14-18 Contains synonymy
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.347 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.210 [pl. 50, fig. 10] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14427) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.