WoRMS taxon details

Conus akabensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887

429238  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:429238)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Conoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Conidae (Family)
  9. Conus (Genus)
  10. Conus akabensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1887). Second supplement to monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 5 (44): 249-279, pl. 507–512, 512bis, 512*. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085226
page(s): 273, pl. 512* figs 752, 753 [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Aqaba  
type locality contained in Gulf of Aqaba [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus akabensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429238 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. III. (1887). Second supplement to monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 5 (44): 249-279, pl. 507–512, 512bis, 512*. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085226
page(s): 273, pl. 512* figs 752, 753 [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
note: treated as synonym of C. quercinus [details] 

status source Paulay, G. & Meyer, C. P. (2025). The cones of Oman: Endemism and divergence in a remarkable marine setting. <em>Malacologia.</em> 67(1-2): 145–176.
page(s): 158; note: tentatively treated as valid [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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