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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791
   Conus acuminatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Cucullus vicarius Röding, 1798
   Conus substitutus Link, 1807
   Conus insignis Sowerby I, 1833
   Conus multicatenatus Sowerby II, 1833
   Conus scheh "Jickeli" Weinkauff, 1873
   Conus coxianus Sowerby III, 1895
   Conus viaderi Fenaux, 1942

Distribution

Dekker&Orlin2000: Red Sea endemic.

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSomalia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaYemen

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal [ from 2 m ]
depth: subtidal [ to 10 m ]
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.166, pl. 30, figs. 23-30 Contains synonymy

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46184) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-08. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-25.