Subspecies Conus (Tesselliconus) suturatus suturatus (Reeve, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus suturatus 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 [178].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Essington, Australia.
• Conus turbinatus Sowerby Sowerby, G.B. 1857-1858. Monograph of the genus Conus. 1–56, pls 1–24 in Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [25, no. 207, pl. 10 (196), fig. 227].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH.

 

Generic Combinations

• Conus (Tesselliconus) suturatus suturatus (Reeve, 1844).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea

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

Continental shelf, marine, mud bottom, mud-silt, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

7-150 m

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [125, pl. 41, fig. 7]

Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp. [75, pl. 66, fig. 10]

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. [381, fig. 123H]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [88, pl. 12, figs 1-6]

 

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. 45, sp. 250] (The Sutured 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
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED