OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus terebra Born, 1778
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Conus terebra terebra Born, 1778
Conus terebra thomasi Sowerby III, 1881
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
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
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ from 0.5 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to 20 m
]
exposure: exposed [ rocky areas
]
exposure: sheltered [ beneath coral rocks
]
feeds on: polychaetes [ terebellid
]
habitat: coral reef
substrate: sand [ fine with or without seaweed and coral rubble
]
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.171, pl. 31, figs. 16-22 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.216, pl. 45, figs. 4a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus terebra Born, 1778
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14520) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.