OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Conus pulicarius pulicarius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus pulicarius vautieri Kiener, 1845
Common Name
Flea-bitten Cone p.187, f.9 Allan, J. 1950.
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: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
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: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Cocos-Keeling
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to more than 75 m {Rocke1995x55}
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
feeds on: polychaetes
habitat: coral reef [ reef flats
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Wilson, B. 1994. p.213, pl. 46, figs. 8a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14471) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-29.