OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae
Polinices (Conuber) conicus (Lamarck, 1822)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conuber conica auct.
Natica conica Lamarck, 1822
Natica pyramis Reeve, 1855
Natica ustulata Sowerby, 1883
Common Name
Conical Moon Snail p.120, pl.121 Wilson, B 2002.
Conical Sand Snail p.134, pl.20, f.10 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Circum-Australian
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
Keywords
feeds on: animals [small bivalves]
habitat: intertidal flats
substrate: sand
References
Coleman, N. 1981. p.216 General reference
Hedley, C. 1916. p.197 Synonomy
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.57 General reference
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. p.218 General reference
Murray, F.V. 1963. Biology and ecology
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.66 Distribution
Wilson, B. 1993. p.220, pl. 36, fig. 34a-b General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.220 Synonomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Naticoidea
Naticidae Forbes, 1838
Polinicinae Gray, 1847
Polinices Montfort, 1810
Polinices (Conuber) Finlay & Marwick, 1937
Polinices (Conuber) conicus (Lamarck, 1822)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9132) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.