OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Conus vexillum vexillum Gmelin, 1791
Conus vexillum sumatrensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Common Name
Flag Cone p.185, pl.26, f.23 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
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: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
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: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.49
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
feeds on: polychaetes [ eunicids
]
habitat: coral reef
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.126-127, pl. 3, fig. 8 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.381-382, fig. 124A-B General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.131, pl. 23, figs. 1-6 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.217, pl. 45, figs. 5a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14537) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.