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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Neogastropoda (order) » Conidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 222005 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Conus (Plicaustraconus) adami Wils, 1988 |
Rank: | Species |
Alternative Scientific Name: | Conus adami Wils, 1988 |
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Taxon Notes: | This species has often been treated as a geographical variant or subspecies of C. trigonus, but they have different distributions, the latter is shallow water species known from northern WA, whereas C. adami is a deep water species known from northern Australia, with limited overlap in the Darwin area. Here we follow WoRMS and list both species as distinct. | ||||||
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Record source: | Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A. |
Scientific Name verified against: | 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, Vol. 81(1): 1-23. . doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055 doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055 |