Species Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Conus comatosa Pilsbry, H.A. 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Pelecypoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 56: 550-561, pls 39-41 [550].
Type data:
Lectotype ANSP, Kikai, Osumi, in a deposit probably Pliocene. - Conus dormitor Pilsbry, H.A. 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 56: 3-37, pls 1-6 [6, pl. 1, figs 9-9a] [junior homonym; not Conus dormitor Solander, 1766].
- Conus (Asperi) elegans Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2) [393, pl. 25, fig. 4] [junior homonym; not Conus elegans Sowerby III, 1895].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA 313010, Bougainville-strait [0°3.8'N, 130°24.3'E]. - Conus schepmani Fulton, H.C. 1936. Molluscan Notes 6. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 22: 7-8 [7].
Generic Combinations
- Bathyconus comatosa (Pilsbry, 1904) [new combination]. —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [138, 186, pl. 13, fig. 5] - Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa (Pilsbry, 1904) [new combination]. —
Puillandre, N., Duda, T.F., Meyer, C., Olivera, B.M. & Bouchet, P. 2015. One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81: 1–23 [5]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from Japan to New Caledonia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, coral rubble, marine, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
80-400 m
General References
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [114, pl. 36, fig. 13]
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [90, fig. 12]
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [266, pl. 56, figs 16-20]
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [138, 186, pl. 13, fig. 5]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CONOIDEA | 15-May-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 17-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |