OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus aureus aureus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810

Common Name

The Golden Cone p.sp. 196      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal [ from 3 m ]
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.121, pl. 41, fig. 1 General reference
 Hinton, A. 1972. p.78, fig. 4 General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1843. p.sp. 196, pl. 36 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.305, pl. 66, figs. 1-3 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
                              Conus aureus aureus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45615) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.