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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Profundiconus (Genus)
> smirnoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Conus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Leptoconus (Lizaconus) da Motta, 1991
Images: Profundiconus smirnoides Tenorio, 2015
From approx. 430m off Wanganella Bank, Norfolk Ridge. © rights reserved
Paratype, collected 29 Jan 1981, Wanganella Bank, West Norfolk Ridge, eastern slope. (M.234154). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Profundiconus (Genus)
> smirnoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Conus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Leptoconus (Lizaconus) da Motta, 1991
Details: Profundiconus smirnoides Tenorio, 2015
Distribution:
South-West Pacific. West Norfolk Ridge and southern Norfolk Ridge, from 437-521m
Type Data:
  • 420-440 metres, Wanganella Bank, Norfolk Ridge, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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.4)
  • Adams, R. Oct/1995 Conilithes wollastoni, Maxwell and Cone Shells in NZ, Poirieria, 17(4) (p.8)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1981 New records of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.499)

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