OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Conus leopardus Dillwyn, 1817

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Conus vexillum sumatrensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [Junior homonym of Cucullus leopardus Röding, 1798] Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. p.364, no. 20
lectotype East Indian Sea, principally Sumatra

Keywords

Original Epithet:  leopardus
Original Text Name:  Conus leopardus
Original Genus:  Conus

References

 Chemnitz, J.H. 1788. pl. 144A, figs. a-b Illustration of type specimen
 Walls, J.G. 1979. p.933 Subsequent type designation

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Conus Linnaeus, 1758
                            Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791
                              Conus vexillum sumatrensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
                                Conus leopardus Dillwyn, 1817

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46789) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.