BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Conus mozambicus
Description | Conus mozambicus, common name the Mozambique cone or the elongate cone, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails or cone shells. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_mozambicus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source Data |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus mozambicus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Generic Name | Conus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Conus mozambicus Hwass, 1792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Elongate Cone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_mozambicus |
Obsolete Names
References
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: 1-23. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Branch, G.M. et al. (2002) Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. - via Catalogue of Life |
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!