OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus retifer Menke, 1829

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus retifer Menke, 1829
   Conus textile var. sulcata Sowerby I, 1834
   Conus solidus Sowerby II, 1841

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Christmas Island
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  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 about 40 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: algal turf 
substrate: coral 
substrate: sand [ and in rubble ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.122 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.379-380, fig. 123F General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.305, pl. 65, figs. 23-26 Contains synonymy
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.355 [ as Gastridium retifer ]  New combination
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.214, pl. 41, fig. 5  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus retifer Menke, 1829

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14483) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.