WoRMS taxon details
Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 215499
AphiaID: 215499
| 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 |
Gastridium Modeer, 1793 Rollus Montfort, 1810 Utriculus Schumacher, 1817 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Conus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gastridium geographus (Linnaeus, 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] basis of record: Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition. [details] additional source: Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Conus geographus var. rosea Sowerby II, 1833 accepted as Conus eldredi Morrison, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 40 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Highly dangerous - live specimens should be handled with extreme caution. Broad, thin shell, up to 15 cm, with wide aperture and numerous shoulder ridges or spines. Colour creamy white, with orange or reddish-brown bands or blotches. Aperture bluish-white or pink. Habitat: around shallow reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215499 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215499 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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