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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> magnificus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Darioconus) magnificus Reeve, 1843 accepted, alternate representation
=Cylindrus magnificus (Reeve, 1843)
=Darioconus magnificus (Reeve, 1843) accepted, alternate representation
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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> magnificus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Darioconus) magnificus Reeve, 1843 accepted, alternate representation
=Cylindrus magnificus (Reeve, 1843)
=Darioconus magnificus (Reeve, 1843) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843
Size/Grows to:
Height 115mm
Distribution:
Indo-W Pacific, Kermadec Islands
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.7)
  • 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.70)
  • 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)

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