OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus bicolor Sowerby I, 1833
   Conus sinensis Sowerby II, 1841
   Conus sowerbii Reeve, 1849
   Conus praecellens Adams, 1854
   Conus sowerbyi Sowerby II, 1857
   Conus sowerbyi var. subaequalis Sowerby III, 1870

Common Name

The Chinese Cone p.sp. 76 [as Conus sinensis]      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  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: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Somalia
  PRELOVED Regions: India
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia?
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
  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 
depth: continental slope [ to 250 m, Loyalty Islands in 200-250 m ]
depth: subtidal [ from 10 m ]
substrate: mud [ ]

References

 Brazier, J. 1877. p.289 [ as Leptoconus praecellens ]  New combination
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.144, pl. 51, fig. 1 General reference
 Habe, T. 1964. p.114, pl. 36, fig. 10 [ as Conasprella praecellea (A. Adams) ]  New combination
 Habe, T. 1964. p.114-115 [ as Conasprella sowerbii (Reeve) ]  New combination
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.257, pl. 54, figs. 1-14 Contains synonymy
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.343 [ as Hemiconus sowerbii (Reeve, 1849) ]  New combination
 Shuto, T. 1969. p.219 [ as Asprella (Asprella) sinensis (Sowerby) ]  New combination
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.213, text fig.  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14468) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.