WoRMS taxon details

Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758

215479  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215479)

accepted
Species
Conus (Rhizoconus) miles Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Rhizoconus miles (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 713 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Description A thick shell, up to 9 cm, with slightly raised spire and nodular shoulders of whorls. Overall colour pattern pale orange...  
Description A thick shell, up to 9 cm, with slightly raised spire and nodular shoulders of whorls. Overall colour pattern pale orange and white, with darker brown band around the centre and around the base of the shell, numerous fine, vertical, wavy lines. Aperture pale with darker bands. Habitat: around shallow reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215479 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
1998-05-18 10:22:32Z
changed
2009-10-27 10:23:08Z
changed
2011-08-14 10:20:19Z
checked
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z
changed
2020-04-14 22:23:49Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 713 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]   

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]   

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 120 [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 227. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description A thick shell, up to 9 cm, with slightly raised spire and nodular shoulders of whorls. Overall colour pattern pale orange and white, with darker brown band around the centre and around the base of the shell, numerous fine, vertical, wavy lines. Aperture pale with darker bands. Habitat: around shallow reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details]
LanguageName 
English soldier cone  [details]
German Soldatenkegel  [details]
Japanese ヤナギシボリイモ  [details]