WoRMS name details
Conus dictator Melvill, 1898
428990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428990)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Conus (Leptoconus) dictator Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 9-10, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 9-10, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus dictator Melvill, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428990 on 2025-03-17
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Nomenclature
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(of Conus (Leptoconus) dictator Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 9-10, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 9-10, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]
Other
additional source
Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
