Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae

Conus planorbis Born, 1778

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus planorbis Born, 1778
   Conus polyzonias Gmellin, 1791
   Conus vitulinus Hwass in Brugui�re, 1792
   Conus vulpinus Hwass in Brugui�re, 1792
   Conus vulpinus Schubert & Wagner, 1829
   Conus praeclarus Fenaux, 1942

Common Name

Ringed Cone p.113 Coleman, N. 1981.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to about 60 m {Rocke1995x55} ]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
feeds on: animals [ in Hawaii, form vitulinus feeds on eunicid polychaetes {Rocke1995x55} ]
habitat: coral reef
substrate: coral
substrate: sand [ ]

References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.125, pl. 41, fig. 6 General reference
Habe, T. 1964. p.117, fig. 14 [ as Dauciconus planorbis ] New combination
Iredale, T. 1929. p.281 General reference
R�ckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.124, pl. 21, figs. 1, 11-21 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.213, pl. 44, fig. 2 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.217, pl. 44, figs. 1a-b [ as Conus vitulinus Hwass, 1792 ] General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.148, pl. 99, fig. 14 General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus planorbis Born, 1778
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14466) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.