Species Conus (Cylinder) canonicus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
The Canonical Cone
- Conus canonicus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [749, no. 143].
Type data:
Neotype MHNG, les mers des grandes Indes (East Indies), Maldives. - Conus rubescens Bonnet, A. 1864. Coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues: Acantina delorioli, Bulimus wairgeirensis, Planorbis sinuosus, Littorina aurea, Trochus millelineata, Conus rubescens. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 1864, XVI: 279-282 [282, pl. 22, fig. 6].
Type data:
Status unknown, l'île d'Anam. - Conus condensus Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Monograph of the genus Conus. pp. 328–329 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby, G.B. Vol. 3. [326, no. 417, pl. 26, fig. 622].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sandwich Islands.
Generic Combinations
- Cylinder canonicus (Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792). —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [69] - Conus (Cylinder) canonicus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792. —
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 [7]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to French Polynesia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Feeds on gastropods.
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [121, pl. 1, fig. 3]
Dufo, M.H. 1840. Observations sur les Mollusques marins, terrestres et fluviatiles des iles Séchelles et des Amirantes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 14, Zoologie: 45–80 (extrait), 166–221(suite) [177]
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [76, figs 9–12]
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [165, pl. 29]
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [301, pl. 65, figs 1–6]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [202, pl. 41, figs 9a–c]
Common Name References
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [sp. 165] (The Canonical 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) |
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |