OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus dictator Melvill, 1898
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus (Leptoconus) dictator Melvill, 1898
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Gulf of Oman
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Pakistan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
PRELOVED Regions: India
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Sumatra (N, NE, E)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.46
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 100 m
]
depth: subtidal [ from 15 m
]
habitat: coral reef
substrate: sand [
]
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.161, pl. 29, figs. 19-22 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus dictator Melvill, 1898
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45931) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.