MolluscaBase taxon details
Conasprella dictator (Melvill, 1898)
835361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835361)
accepted
Species
Conasprella (Fusiconus) dictator (Melvill, 1898) · alternative representation
Conus (Leptoconus) dictator Melvill, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Conus dictator Melvill, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fumiconus dictator (Melvill, 1898) · unaccepted
Fusiconus dictator (Melvill, 1898) · unaccepted
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]
Type locality contained in Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conasprella dictator (Melvill, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835361 on 2025-09-11
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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]
new combination reference Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 81: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 [details]
page(s): 9-10, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]
new combination reference Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 81: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Fumiconus dictator) (from synonym Fumiconus dictator (Melvill, 1898))
To Malacopics (Conasprella dictator (Melvill, 1898) Andaman Sea, collected December 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Conasprella dictator (Melvill, 1898) Andaman Sea, collected December 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
