Species Conus (Rhizoconus) rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus rattus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [700, no. 89].

  Type data:

   Lectotype les mers d'Amérique.
• Conus taitensis Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [713, no. 108].

  Type data:

   Lectotype l'Isle d'Otaiti, dans l'Océan pacifique (Tahiti).
• Conus chemnitzii Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [363, no. 18].

  Type data:

   Holotype Ceylon.
• Conus taheitensis 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. [pl. 15, sp. 78] [emendation of C. taitensis;].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Islands of Taheita, Annaa.
• Conus viridis Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1857. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Vol. 3 pp. 16–20. [20, pl. 5 (191), fig. 102].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Hurghada, Egypte, Rode Zee.
• Conus semivelatus Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1882. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 117-121 [118, pl. 5, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype Red Sea.
• Conus tahitiensis Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, J.L. 1933. Les Mollusques Testacés Marins des Établissements Français de L'Océanie. Journal de Conchyliologie 77(1): 41-113 [89] [emedation of Conus taitensis].

 

Generic Combinations

• Rhizoconus rattus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [118, 180, pl. 10, fig. 10]
• Conus (Rhizoconus) rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 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 [12]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, coral reef, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, reef flat, shallow subtidal, subtidal, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on polychaetes (Eunicidae)

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [133, pl. 44, fig. 8]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [331]

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. [399, fig. 123E]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [139, pl. 24, figs 18-23]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [350] (as Conus taihensis)

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [118, 180, pl. 10, fig. 10]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [213, pl. 50, 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. [152, pl. 101, fig. 13]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [113] (Rat 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. 78] (The Taheite Cone)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	28-May-2015	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		21-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED