species: Conus ebraeus in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)

species: Conus ebraeus in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Lizard Island Field Guide > Marine Life > Invertebrates > Marine snails > Conidae > Conus ebraeus (gallery)

Conus ebraeus

©Barbara Banks: Conus ebraeus at Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Conus ebraeus at Lizard Island

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Conus ebraeus about 3.5 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Mollusca

Class Gastropoda

Order Neogastropoda

Family Conidae

Genus Conus

Species Conus ebraeus

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Lizard Island Field Guide

Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

Up to 4 cm (length according to Wilson, 1994)

Synonyms

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Similar taxa

Animalia: Vermiculate Cone (species: Conus chaldaeus)
has a similar extreior colour pattern but the spiral bands of blotches are less regular than Conus ebraeusThe interior of the also shell differs: Conus chaldaeus is white with a black lip; Conus ebraeus has a brown pattern that corresponds to the exterior pattern (Wilson, 1994).

Distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

Wilson, B.R. (1994). Australian Marine Shells: 2. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.