Species Conus (Turriconus) excelsus Sowerby III, 1908
- Conus pulcherrimus Brazier, J.W. 1894. A new Cone, Conus pulcherrimus Brazier, described from Tanna, New Hebrides. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 9: 189 [187] [junior homonym; not Conus pulcherrimus Heilprin, 1879, a fossil].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA, Tanna, New Hebrides. - Conus excelsus Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1908. Descriptions of a new species of the genus Conus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 1: 465-466 [465, text fig. 95].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, New Caledonia?. - Asprella tannaensis Cotton, B.C. 1945. A catalogue of the cone shells (Conidae) in the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8(2): 229–280 [270, pl. 4, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA, Tanna, New Hebrides. - Turriconis nakayasui Shikama, T. & Habe, T. 1968. A new Japanese cone, Turriconus nakayasui with reference to Embrikeana stupa group. Venus 26(3-4): 57-60 [57, pl. 6, figs 1-4].
Type data:
Holotype The sea around Kashiwajima, a small island near Cape Azizuri, Kochi Pref., Shikoku.
Generic Combinations
- Turriconus excelsus (Sowerby III, 1908). —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [127] - Conus (Turriconus) excelsus Sowerby III, 1908. —
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
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from Japan to New Caledonia
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
100-400 m
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca with description of a new species. Part 2. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11: 121-142, 38 figs [133-134, figs 27-28]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [143, pl. 50, fig. 3]
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [149, pl. 26, figs 24-28]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [205, pl. 42A]
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 | 18-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |