Species Conus (Lividoconus) quercinus Solander in Lightfoot, 1786
The Oak Cone, Yellow Cone
- Conus quercinus Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [67, no. 1501].
Type data:
Lectotype no locality. - Conus cingulum Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3378, no. 72].
Type data:
Holotype "Insulas amicas". - Conus quercinus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [681-682, no. 71].
Type data:
Lectotype MHNG, "des Indes orientales". - Conus buxeus Link, H.F. 1817. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben Vol. 2 99 pp. [99] [junior homonym; not Conus buxeus (Röding, 1798)].
Type data:
Holotype no locality. - Conus ponderosa Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1858. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Vol. 54 pl. 11, figs 239-240. [pl. 11, figs 239-240] [cited as synonym of Conus quercinus].
- Conus akabensis Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249–279, pls 29–36. [273, sp. 528, pl. 36, figs 752-753].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Akaba (Red Sea). - Conus egregius Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1914. Descriptions of new mollusca from New Caledonia, Japan, Philippines, China and West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 475-480 [475-476,pl. 19, fig. 9].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, New Caledonia. - Conus albus Shaw, H.O.N. 1915. Descriptions of colour varieties of Conus quercinus Hwass, and Cypraea lamarkii Gray. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11(4): 210 [210] [junior homonym; not Conus albus Sowerby III, 1887].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Aden. - Conus fulvostriatus Fenaux 1942. Nouvelles espèces du genre Conus. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 814: 1–4 [2, fig. 4].
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Holotype I. Bourbon. - Cleobula albonerosa Garrard, T.A. 1966. New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. Journal of Malacological Society of Australia 10: 3-12 [11-12, pl. 1, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.64807, off Wide Bay, southern Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Calamiconus quercinus (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786) [new combination]. —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [86, 170, pl. 5, fig. 14] - Conus (Lividoconus) quercinus Solander in Lightfoot, 1786. —
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 [10]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and 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
Brackish water, carnivorous, continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Feeds on enteropneusts
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [130-131, pl. 43, fig. 7]
Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [331]
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [96, pl. 14, figs 4-7]
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [356] (as Gastridium quercinus)
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [86, 170, pl. 5, fig. 14]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [213, pl. 45, figs 8a-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. 11]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [195] (Yellow Cone)
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. 148] (The Oak Cone)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CONOIDEA | 26-May-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 21-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |