OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843

Common Name

The Pointed Cone p.sp. 204      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificVanuatu
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m, in Philippines: from 120 m ]
depth: continental slope [ in Philippines: to 400 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal [ from 3 m ]
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.136-139, pl. 47, fig. 1 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.226, pl. 46, figs. 25-28 Contains synonymy
 Schepman, M.M. 1913. p.390-391, pl. 25, fig. 2 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46203) created by ANSVolunteer1 on 2001-05-08. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.