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Conus aulicus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonyms
  • Conus auratus was named by Hwass in Bruguiére (1792). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Conus aulicus by Hendy (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Conus aulicus Linnaeus
1792Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguiére p. 740
2007Conus aulicus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConus
speciesaulicusLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:54:51
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:42:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Conus aulicus (70105)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Conus aulicus (55375)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Conus auratus (89294 89299 89300)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Conus auratus (89400)