OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Cucullus equestris Röding, 1798
Cucullus torquatus Röding, 1798
Conus vidua Reeve, 1843
Conus nigrescens Sowerby, 1859
Conus vidua mozoii Melvin & Melvin, 1980
Common Name
The Banda Cone pl. 8, sp. 43 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Distribution
absent from Red Sea, India and Sri Lanka {Rocke1995x55}
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 90 m
]
depth: subtidal [ most common from 5-20 m {Rocke1995x55}
]
feeding mode: predation
feeds on: animals
habitat: coral reef
spawn/eggs: egg capsules pelagic
substrate: rocks
substrate: sand [
]
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.42, pl. 11, figs. 10-23, pl. 2, figs. 1-4 Contains synonymy
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.344 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45404) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.