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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus moluccensis moluccensis Küster, 1838

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838
   Conus stainforthii Reeve, 1843
   Conus merletti Mayissian, 1974

Common Name

Stainforth's Cone pl. 1, sp. 1a-b [as Conus stainforthii]      Reeve, L.A. 1843.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Chagos Archipelago
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ in New Caledonia: 40-80 m; form stainforthii: 25-40 m ]
feeds on: gastropods [ Cypraea species ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p.134-138, figs. 29-34 General reference
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.231, pl. 48, figs. 4-9 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838
                              Conus moluccensis moluccensis Küster, 1838

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46495) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-11. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.