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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> coelinae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Virgiconus) coelinae Crosse, 1858 accepted, alternate representation
=Conus pseudocoelinae Delsaerdt, 1989
=Virgiconus coelinae (Crosse, 1858)
Images: Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858
Live taken at 20 metres, Meyer Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conus (Genus)
> coelinae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conus (Virgiconus) coelinae Crosse, 1858 accepted, alternate representation
=Conus pseudocoelinae Delsaerdt, 1989
=Virgiconus coelinae (Crosse, 1858)
Details: Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858
Size/Grows to:
Height 128mm
Distribution:
Hawaii - Philippines, 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.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.130)
  • 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
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