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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaGulf of Oman
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPakistan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  PRELOVED RegionsIndia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaSumatra (N, NE, E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (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.