Conus praelatus

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]

Conus praelatus
Shell of Conus praelatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. praelatus
Binomial name
Conus praelatus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Darioconus) miniturritus Bozzetti, 2017
  • Conus (Darioconus) praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus fortdauphinensis (Bozzetti, 2015)
  • Conus miniturritus (Bozzetti, 2017)
  • Conus pennaceus tsara Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000
  • Darioconus fortdauphinensis Bozzetti, 2015
  • Darioconus miniturritus Bozzetti, 2017
  • Darioconus praelatus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  • Darioconus tsara (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000)

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Madagascar
  • Tanzania

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
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