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


©Barbara Banks: Conus flavidus about 6 cm long at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

©Barbara Banks: Conus flavidus about 6 cm long at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Conus flavidus 4.5 cm long from northern side of Palfrey Island near sandspit, Lizard Island Group.

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

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Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

Brown with two narrow paler bands, one around the middle and the other around the shoulder; anterior end and interior dark purple; very low spire, straight sides.

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (length according to Wilson (1994))

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian 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.