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Conus paulae

Description

Conus paulae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6509801https://www.gbif.org/species/6509801
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157105https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157105
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus paulae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus paulae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConusLinnaeus 1758
speciesConus paulaePetuch 1988
Generic NameConus
Scientific NameConus paulae Petuch, 1988
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Conus paulaespeciesbelongs to Conusstated with evidencePetuch, 1988
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Conidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Conidae)
Taphonomyintermediate (based on Conus)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_paulae

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Gradiconus paulae (Petuch, 1988)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Gradiconus paulae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1988Conus paulae Petuch p. 159 figs. pl. 36, figs. 5, 6

References

Petuch E. J. (1988) , Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks, 1-217
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
Filmer R.M. (2001) A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. - via Catalogue of Life
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
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!
 
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