WoRMS taxon details
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
AphiaID: 215458
AphiaID: 215458
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Conus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Conus chemnitzii Dillwyn, 1817 (synonym of Conus rattus) Conus rattus var. tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933 (unjustified emendation for Conus taitensis, homonym of Conus taitenis, Conus taheitensis, Conus tahitiensis and a synonym of Conus taitensis) Conus semivelatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 (synonym of Conus rattus) Conus taheitensis Reeve, 1843 (unjustified emendation for, and a synonym of Conus taitensis) Conus tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933 (unjustified emendationfor Conus taitensis and a homonym of Conus taitensis and Conus taitensis) Conus taitensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym of Conus rattus) Conus viridis G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 (synonym of Conus rattus) Rhizoconus rattus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition. [details] basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] additional source: Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. [details] 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] from synonym: Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Conus rattus var. tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933 accepted as Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 33 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: A small, solid cone up to 5 cm, with flattish spire, rounded shoulders and several spiral ridges around base of body whorl. Colour brownish-orange with white blotches on shoulders and an interrupted band of white dots encircling the centre of the body whorl. Aperture pale purple. Habitat: lower eulittoral, on sand or in crevices. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997) [details] Spelling: C. ratus in Vine, 1986 . [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215458 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215458 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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