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Species Conus (Dendroconus) betulinus Linnaeus, 1758

Betuline Cone, The Butter-Firkin Cone

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to New Caledonia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, muddy sand, sand, sand flats, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

 

General References

Bouchet, P. 2015. Conus (Dendroconus) betulinus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845614 (Accessed on 2015-05-25)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [128, pl. 5, fig. 4]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [84, fig. 7]

Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [197–200]

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. 67, pl. 13]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [92, pl. 13, figs 4–11]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [356] (as Gastridium betulinus)

Smith, E.A. 1891. On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with some remarks upon the relationship of the Molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 390–436 [400]

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [89, 172, pl. 6, fig. 7]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [201, pl. 45, figs 9a–b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [144, pl. 97, fig. 12]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 CONOIDEA 21-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