Species Conus (Austroconus) sydneyensis Sowerby III, 1887
Illawarra Cone
- Conus sydneyensis Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249–279, pls 29–36. [260, pl. 32 (510), fig. 694].
Type data:
Holotype Port Jackson. - Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3–38 [31–32, pl. 1, fig. 2].
Generic Combinations
- Austroconus sydneyensis (Sowerby III, 1887) [new combination]. —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [86] - Conus (Austroconus) sydneyensis Sowerby III, 1887. —
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 [6]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
90-250 m
General References
Beechey, D. 2004. Conus sydneyensis Sowerby, 1887. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Pages/Conus_sydneyensis.htm (date accessed 21/11/2011)
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [286, pl. 60, figs 25–27]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [265] (Illawarra Cone)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CONOIDEA | 20-May-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 21-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |