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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus miliaris miliaris Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus miliaris Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus barbadensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
   Conus minimus var. granulatus Sowerby I, 1834
   Conus fulgetrum Sowerby I, 1834
   Conus scaber Kiener, 1845

Common Name

The Millet Cone pl. 36, sp. 198      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  
Military Cone p.196      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
exposure: exposed 
exposure: sheltered 
feeds on: polychaetes [ Eunicidae ]
substrate: rocks 
substrate: sand [ in or on ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.132, pl. 44, fig. 4 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.62, pl. 7, figs. 1-11 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus miliaris Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
                              Conus miliaris miliaris Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46465) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-10. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.