Species Conus (Klemaeconus) klemae (Cotton, 1953)
Klem'sp. Cone
- Rhizoconus klemae Cotton, B.C. 1953. New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 21-26, 2 pls [24, pl. 3, figs 1-3].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14465, Corny Pt, South Australia. - Rhizoconus coralinus Habe, T. & Kosuge, S. 1970. Descriptions of two new species of cone shell from the Philippines and Taiwan. Venus 29(3): 81–83, pl. 15 [81, pl. 5, figs 3–4] [junior homonym; not Conus corallinus Kiener, 1845;].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT 37290, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines.
Generic Combinations
- Floraconus klemae (Cotton, 1953). —
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [93, 172, pl. 6, fig. 13] - Conus klemae (Cotton, 1953). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [208, pl. 47, figs 16a–d] - Conus (Klemaeconus) klemae (Cotton, 1953). —
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 [9]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Philippines
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal, under rocks.
Extra Ecological Information
To 80 m; feeds on polychaetes: family Eunicidae
General References
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [284, pl. 60, figs 12–15]
Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [93, 172, pl. 6, fig. 13]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [208, pl. 47, figs 16a–d]
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [48, pl. 99, fig. 3–3b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [50, pl. 118] (Klem'sp. Cone)
History of changes
| 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 | 18-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |