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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> capitaneus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Rhizoconus) capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
=Conus capitaneus var. virgineus Wils, 1972
=Conus ceciliae Crosse, 1858
=Rhizoconus capitaneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> capitaneus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Rhizoconus) capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
=Conus capitaneus var. virgineus Wils, 1972
=Conus ceciliae Crosse, 1858
=Rhizoconus capitaneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758
Size/Grows to:
Height 98mm
Distribution:
E Africa, 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.12)
  • 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.118)
  • 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