WoRMS taxon details
Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 215457
AphiaID: 215457
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conoidea (Superfamily) > Conidae (Family) > Conus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Cucullus Röding, 1798 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Conus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Conus crosseanus Bernardi, 1861 (a synonym (form) of Conus marmoreus) Conus crosseanus var. lineata Crosse, 1878 (a synonym (colour form) of Conus crosseanus and a synonym of Conus marmoreus) Conus maculatus Perry, 1811 (synonym of Conus marmoreus) Conus marmoreus var. granulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 (synonym of Conus marmoreus) Conus pseudomarmoreus Crosse, 1875 (synonym of Conus marmoreus) Conus suffusus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (synonym of Conus marmoreus) Conus suffusus var. noumeensis Crosse, 1872 (synonym of Conus marmoreus) Cucullus proarchithalassus Röding, 1798 (synonym of Conus marmoreus Linné, 1758) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] additional source: Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details] from synonym: Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Subspecies Conus marmoreus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Variety Conus marmoreus var. granulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 accepted as Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Madagascar [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (173 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Shell up to 10 cm, with flattish, nodular spire and with an outer lip which flares towards posterior. Distinctive, reticulated colour pattern of white irregular patches on black background. Aperture white. Habitat: shallow substrates. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215457 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215457 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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