Conus praelatus
Appearance
Conus praelatus | |
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Shell of Conus praelatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. praelatus
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Binomial name | |
Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus praelatus, common name the prelate cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Madagascar
- Tanzania
References
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- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215504 on 2018-12-28
- ^ Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. Pp. 1-344 [June 1789]; 345-758 [13 Feb. 1792; dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207].
- * Bozzetti L. (2015). Darioconus fortdauphinensis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) new species from south-eastern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 88: 14-15