Species Conus (Floraconus) balteatus Sowerby, 1833

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus balteatus Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Conus. pls 24–37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd). [pl. 37, fig. 58].

  Type data:

   Lectotype the Mascarenes.
• Conus pigmentatus Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1848. Mollusca. 124, pls 19 in Adams, A. (ed). The Zoology of the Vogage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve & Reeve Vol. 3. [18, pl. 5, figs 11a–b].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH.
• Conus moussoni Crosse, H. 1865. Description de cones nouveaux provenant de la collection Cuming. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 299–315 [299, pl. 10, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, in Archipelago Seychellarum (Seychelles).
• Conus (Coronaxis) cernicus Adams, H. 1869. Descriptions of a new genus and fourteen new species of marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 272–275, pl. 19 [272, pl. 19, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Barkly Island, Mauritius.
• Conus tenuisulcatus Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1873. Descriptions of five new cones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 145–146, pl. 15, figs 1–5 [145, pl. 15, fig. 2] [junior homonym; not Conus tenuisulcatus Sowerby III, 1870].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mauritius.
• Conus propinquus Smith, E.A. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Conidae and Terebridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 222–231 [223].
• Conus pigmentatus concolor Barros e Cunha, J.G. de 1933. Catálogo decritivo das Conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 1 71: 5–224 [52, no. 43] [junior homonym; not Conus concolor Sowerby I, 1834].

  Type data:

   Holotype Mares orientalis.
• Conus circumclausus Fenaux 1942. Nouvelles espèces du genre Conus. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 814: 1–4 [3, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, I. Maurice.

 

Generic Combinations

• Rolaniconus balteatus (Sowerby, 1833). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [120, 180, pl. 10, fig. 17]
• Conus (Floraconus) balteatus Sowerby, 1833. —
  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 [8]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from eastern Africa to Samoa

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Carnivorous, coral reef, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on polychaetes.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [132, pl. 44, fig. 3]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [88, figs 15–16]

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. 237] (as Conus pigmentatus)

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. 88, pl. 16]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [61, pl. 6, figs 24–36]

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [120, 180, pl. 10, fig. 17]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [201, pl. 50, fig. 9]

 

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. 88] (The Belted Cone, The Painted Cone)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	25-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