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Species Conus (Virgiconus) virgo Linnaeus, 1758

The Virgin Cone

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from east Africa to French Polynesia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Carnivorous, coral reef, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, rubble, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 15 m; feeds on polychaetes

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 CONOIDEA 25-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