OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus achatinus Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus achatinus Gmelin, 1791
   Conus ranunculus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus achatinus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Cucullus ventricosus Röding, 1798
   Conus achatinus var. infumata Dautzenberg, 1937

Common Name

Agate Cone p.188      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.45 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
feeding mode: predation 
feeds on: animals [ small fishes ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: in sand 
substrate: under rocks 

References

 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.100, pl. 15, figs. 1-8 [ ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.210 [ as synonym of Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758 ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus achatinus Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45512) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-01. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-11.