OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
Cucullus pavimentum Röding, 1798
Conus edaphus Dall, 1910
Common Name
The Tessellated Cone p.sp. 163 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Distribution
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
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.49
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 40 m, in W. Mexico: to 72 m
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ in W. Mexico: from 15 m
]
feeds on: polychaetes
habitat: coral reef
habitat: sheltered bays
spawn/eggs: spawning, aggregate
substrate: gravel
substrate: muddy sand
substrate: sand [ with or without vegetation
]
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.125, pl. 3, fig. 5 General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1843. pl. 28, sp. 163 General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.89, pl. 12, figs. 13-21 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.216, pl. 47, figs. 2a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14522) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.