OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791
Conus tendineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
habitat: coral reef [ among algae in rubble
]
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.241, pl. 50, figs. 13-14 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46398) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-10. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-27.