OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus madagascariensis (Sowerby II, 1858)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus madagascariensis Sowerby II, 1858

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.47 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to about 50 m ]
depth: infralittoral fringe 
depth: subtidal [ common below 20 m ]
feeds on: animals [ Trochidae ]
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: intertial flats [ ]
spawn/eggs: egg capsules/masses benthic 
substrate: sand 

References

 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.295, pl. 62, figs. 26-28 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus madagascariensis (Sowerby II, 1858)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46372) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-10. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.