Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae

Conus ammiralis ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Common Name

The Admiral Cone p.sp. 11      Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Society Cone p.192 [as Conus temnes Iredale, 1930]      Coleman, N. 1981.
The Lieutenant Cone p.sp. 210 [as Conus vicarius]      Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Distribution
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Thailand (E)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  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: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ 50-150 m in Queensland, from 20 m in Philippines ]
depth: continental slope [ to 240 m ]
depth: intertidal [ from 2 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
substrate: among algae
substrate: rocks [ ]
substrate: sand [ fine to coarse and muddy ]

References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.124, pl. 3, fig. 2 General reference
Habe, T. 1964. p.117, pl. 39, fig. 13 [ as Leptoconus ammiralis ] New combination
R�ckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.179, pl. 34, figs. 1-7 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.146, pl. 98, figs. 8-8a General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
                              Conus ammiralis ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45551) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.