Species Conus (Turriconus) acutangulus Lamarck, 1810

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus acutangulus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442 [286, no. 121].

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHN, Mers des grandes Indes.
• Conus turriculatus Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : G.B. Sowerby Vol. 3 277-331 pls 266-290. [328, pl. 27 (288), figs 643-644] [junior homonym; not Conus turriculatus Deshayes, 1865].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH.
• Conus gemmulatus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259 [257, pl. 22, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, China seas.

 

Generic Combinations

• Turriconus acutangulus (Lamarck, 1810). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [127, 182, pl. 11, figs 22, 23]
• Conus (Turriconus) acutangulus Lamarck, 1810. —
  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 [13]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, muddy sand, rubble, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults from 0.5m to 100 m, juveniles from 3 m to 180 m

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Pages/Conus_acutangulus.htm (date accessed 17/11/2011)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [144]

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. [368]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [258, pl. 54, figs 15-22; pl. 76, fig. 61]

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [127, 182, pl. 11, figs 22, 23]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [199, pl. 47A, fig. 2]

 

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. 200] (The Sharp-angled 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		17-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED