OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus vexillum sumatrensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus sumatrensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus vexillum sumatrensis (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
Conus princeps Holten, 1802
Conus leopardus Dillwyn, 1817
Common Name
The Cone of Sumatra pl. 3, sp. 12 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ from 1 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal [ to 4 m
]
habitat: reef flats
substrate: algal turf
substrate: rocks
References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.131, pl. 23, figs. 3-4 Contains synonymy
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
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46793) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-16. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-25.