OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus melvilli Sowerby III, 1879
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus pusio Sowerby I, 1834
Conus melvilli Sowerby III, 1879
Conus (Chelyconus) boschi Clover, 1972
Distribution
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: Oman
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
exposure: sheltered
substrate: sand
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.91, pl. 12, figs. 22-26 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus melvilli Sowerby III, 1879
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46377) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-10. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.