Species Conus (Rubroconus) coccineus Gmelin, 1791
Scarlet Cone, Solander'sp. Cone
- Conus coccineus 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] [3390, no. 46].
Type data:
Lectotype Samar Id, Philippines. - Conus ammiralis anglicus 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] [3379].
Type data:
Lectotype. - Conus solandri Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B. 1830. Observations on new or interesting Mollusca, contained for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society (to be continued). Zoological Journal of London 5: 46-51 [50, suppl., pl. 40, fig. 4].
Type data:
Lectotype Tahiti.
Generic Combinations
- Rolaniconus coccineus (Gmelin, 1791) [new combination]. —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [120] - Conus (Rubroconus) coccineus Gmelin, 1791. —
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
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from eastern Indonesia to Tahiti
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 20 m; exposed coral reefs
General References
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [82, fig. 20]
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. 16, pl. 4]
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [145, pl. 20, fig. 11]
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [247, pl. 51, figs 7-11]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [203, pl. 46, fig. 9]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [110] (Scarlet 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. 16] (Solander'sp. Cone)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CONOIDEA | 29-May-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 05-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |