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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> miliaris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Virroconus) miliaris Hwass, 1792 accepted, alternate representation
=Conus barbadensis Hwass, 1792
=Conus fulgetrum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
=Conus miliaris var. minor Couturier, 1907
=Conus minimus var. granulatus G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
=Conus scaber Kiener, 1847
=Miliariconus miliaris (Hwass, 1792)
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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> miliaris (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Virroconus) miliaris Hwass, 1792 accepted, alternate representation
=Conus barbadensis Hwass, 1792
=Conus fulgetrum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
=Conus miliaris var. minor Couturier, 1907
=Conus minimus var. granulatus G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
=Conus scaber Kiener, 1847
=Miliariconus miliaris (Hwass, 1792)
Details: Conus miliaris Hwass, 1792
Size/Grows to:
Height 43mm
Distribution:
SE Africa - Easter Island, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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 (p.13)
  • Tucker, J.K., Tenorio, M.J. 2009 Systematic classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods: with keys to the genera of cone shells, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.108)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.227)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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