Species Conus (Fraterconus) distans Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus distans Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [634, no. 32].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG 1106/67, les côtes de la nouvelle Zélande, corrected to Moluccas.
• Conus kenyonae Brazier, J. 1896. A new genus and three new species of Mollusca from New South Wales, New Hebrides and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 345–347 [346].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Shark's Bay, W.A.
• Conus kenyonae arrowsmithensis Brazier, J. 1896. A new genus and three new species of Mollusca from New South Wales, New Hebrides and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 345–347 [346] [as Conus kenyonae var. arrowsmithensis Brazier, 1896].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Arrowsmith Isl., Marshall Islands.
• Conus waterhouseae Brazier, J. 1896. New species of cone from the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 10: 471 [471].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Solomon Islands.
• Conus chinoi Shikama, T. 1970. Description of a new species of Conus from Shiono-Misaki, Wakayama Prefecture. Venus 29(2): 115–116 [115, figs 1–4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT, Ogokuda, Shiono-misaki, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Rhombiconus distans (Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [119, 180, pl. 10, fig. 14]
• Conus (Fraterconus) distans 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 [8]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii

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, reef flats, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on polychaetes

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [126, pl. 3, fig. 7]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [327]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [68, figs 12–15]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [371, fig. 121L]

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. 174, pl. 31]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [138, pl. 19, fig. 1]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [46, pl. 2, figs 16–19]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [347]

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [119, 180, pl. 10, fig. 14]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [204, pl. 45, figs 6a–b] (pl. 45, figs 6a–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. [146, pl. 98, fig. 12]

 

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. 174] (The Distantly-Lineated 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)
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED