Species Conus (Floraconus) cocceus Reeve, 1843

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus cocceus Reeve, L.A. 1844. Descriptions of new species of shells figured in the 'Conchologia Iconica'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 169–197 [174].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1982230, New Holland corrected to Geographe Bay, West Australia.
• Conus decrepitus Kiener, L.C. 1845. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau et Baillière Vol. 2. [pl. 99, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, l'Océan Austral, les côtes de la Nouvelle Hollande.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [202-203] (see for full synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Floraconus cocceus (Reeve, 1843). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [93]
• Conus (Floraconus) cocceus Reeve, 1843. —
  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

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocky shore, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 100 m

 

General References

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [211, pl. 42, figs 23–25]

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [93]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [202, pl. 49, figs 2a–c]

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. [148, pl. 99, figs 5–5a]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 40-47 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 42, sp. 228] (The Scarlet-Spotted 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