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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus pennaceus Born, 1778

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus pennaceus Born, 1778
   Conus rubiginosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus episcopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Cucullus aureus Röding, 1798
   Conus colubrinus Lamarck, 1810
   Conus elisae Kiener, 1845
   Conus stellatus Kiener, 1845
   Conus racemosus Sowerby III, 1874
   Conus marmoricolor Melvill, 1900
   Conus lohri Kilburn, 1972
   Conus quasimagnificus da Motta, 1982
   Conus rubropennatus da Motta, 1982
   Conus bazarutensis Fernandes & Monteiro, 1988
   Conus ganensis Delsaerdt, 1988
   Conus behelokensis Lauer, 1989
   Conus mauritiensis Lauer, 1992
   Conus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000
   Conus tsara Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000

Included taxa

   Conus pennaceus corbieri Blöcher, 1994

Common Name

Eliza's Cone p.sp. 280 [as Conus elisae]      Reeve, L.A. 1849.  
The Episcopal Cone p.sp. 189 [as Conus episcopus]      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  
The Prelate Cone p.sp. 120 [as Conus praelatus]      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.48 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to about 50 m {Rocke1995x55} ]
depth: infralittoral fringe 
depth: subtidal 
feeds on: animals [ dead fishes, worms, octopus and shrimps (in N. Mozambique), prosobranch and opisthobrach gastropods ]
habitat: coral reef [ coral reef flats, in coral rubble ]
substrate: rocks [ ]
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.122, pl. 1, fig. 6 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.123, pl. 3, fig. 1 [ as Conus elisae ]  General reference
 Hinton, A. 1972. p.78, figs. 9-12 [ as Conus episcopus ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.376-378, fig. 123A-B General reference
 Korn, W., Niederhöfer, H.-J. & Blöcher, M. 2000.  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.296, pl. 63, figs. 1-29, pl. 64, figs. 1-19 Contains synonymy
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.354 [ as Gastridium episcopus ]  New combination
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.212, pl. 41, fig. 13  General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.146, pl. 98, fig. 1 [ as Conus episcopus ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus pennaceus Born, 1778

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14460) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.