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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 
AphiaID: 215458

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaenogastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeogastropoda (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConus (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus chemnitzii Dillwyn, 1817 (synonym of Conus rattus)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus rattus var. tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933 (unjustified emendation for Conus taitensis, homonym of Conus taitenis, Conus taheitensis, Conus tahitiensis and a synonym of Conus taitensis)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus semivelatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 (synonym of Conus rattus)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus taheitensis Reeve, 1843 (unjustified emendation for, and a synonym of Conus taitensis)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933 (unjustified emendationfor Conus taitensis and a homonym of Conus taitensis and Conus taitensis)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus taitensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym of Conus rattus)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus viridis G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 (synonym of Conus rattus)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorRhizoconus rattus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
Sources  basis of record Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorrat cone  [details]
Direct child
taxa
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Variety Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorConus rattus var. tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAldabra [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMascarene Basin [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (40 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription 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]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpelling C. ratus in Vine, 1986 . [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215458
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-12-15 16:49:27Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-11-02 12:29:43Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-08-14 10:20:19Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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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 2013-12-09
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