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


©Anne Hoggett: Conus virgo about 12 cm long, Bird Islet reef flat, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Heavily encrusted Conus virgo about 12 cm long as found at Bird Islet reef flat, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Conus virgo about 7cm long, on the reef slope off Seabird Islet, Lizard Island group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Conidae
Genus Conus
Species Conus virgo

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Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

A large heavy cone uniformly coloured exteriorly except for a purple tip that extends into the aperture; the interior is otherwise white.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

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

Other references

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.
  • 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.