Species Conus (Turriconus) praecellens A. Adams, 1854
The Chinese Cone
- Conus bicolor Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Conus. pls 24–37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd). [pl. 37, fig. 56] [junior homonym; not Conus bicolor Sowerby I, 1833, pl. 24, fig. 2 (March), Conus bicolor Sowerby I, 1833, pl. 28, fig. 18 (May)), nomen dubium (type specimen lost, see Kohn, 1992 p. 258)].
Type data:
Lectotype China. - Conus sinensis Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1841. The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd) 200 pls. [Index] [replacement name; for Conus bicolor Sowerby I, 1833: pl. 37, fig. 56 (post July) junior homonym of Conus sinensis Gmelin, 1791].
- Conus sowerbii Reeve, L.A. 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 4-9 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Murex. London : Reeve, suppl. 1. [2] [replacement name; for Conus sinensis Sowerby II, 1841; junior homonym of Conus sowerbei Nyst, 1836 and Conus sowerbyi Bronn, 1848].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, Feejee Islands. - Conus praecellens Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new species of the genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 116–119 [119].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, China Seas. - Conus sowerbyi Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1857. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Vol. 3 pp. 16–20. [12] [junior homonym; not Conus sowerbyi Bronn, 1848; emendation of C. sowerbii Reeve, 1849].
- Conus sowerbyi subaequalis 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. 5].
Type data:
Status unknown, China Seas.
Generic Combinations
- Conasprella praecellea (A. Adams, 1854). —
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [114, pl. 36, fig. 10] - Leptoconus praecellens (A. Adams, 1854). —
Brazier, J. 1877. Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition, with new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 283-301 [289] - Kurodaconus praecellens (A. Adams, 1854). —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [102, 176, pl. 8, fig. 7] - Conus (Turriconus) praecellens A. Adams, 1854. —
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-west Pacific, from east Africa to New Caledonia
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, continental slope, marine, mud-silt, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
10-250 m
General References
Brazier, J. 1877. Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition, with new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 283-301 [289]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [144, pl. 51, fig. 1]
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [114-115] (as Conasprella sowerbii)
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [114, pl. 36, fig. 10]
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [257, pl. 54, figs 1-14]
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [343] (as Hemiconus sowerbii (Reeve, 1849))
Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250 [219] (as Asprella (Asprella) sinensis)
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [102, 176, pl. 8, fig. 7]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [213, text fig.]
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. 76] (as Conus sinensis) (The Chinese Cone)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CONOIDEA | 05-Jun-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 21-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 04-Apr-2016 | MODIFIED |