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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> lischkeanus (Species)
Images: Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875
Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ
Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ
SCUBA at 10-15 metres. 21mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> lischkeanus (Species)
Details: Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875
Size/Grows to:
Height 61mm, Width 24mm
Distribution:
North NZ, intertidal to 73 metres. Also Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.10)
  • 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.86)
  • 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)
  • Adams, R. Oct/1995 Conilithes wollastoni, Maxwell and Cone Shells in NZ, Poirieria, 17(4) (p.7)
  • Coomans, H.E., Filmer, R.M. 1985 Studies of Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) 3: Systematics and distribution of some Australian species, including two new taxa, Beaufortia, 35 (p.10)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1981 New records of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.493)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.245)
  • Mar/1972 Notes of Interest: Conus kermadecensis, Poirieria, 6(3) (p.58)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1972 A Kermadec Island Conus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) found living in northern New Zealand waters, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 9 (p.250)
  • Iredale, T. 1912 New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10(3) (p.227) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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