Marine Biology

A new record of Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from China seas

  • CHEN Zhiyun ,
  • TAN Yehui ,
  • LIAN Xiping
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  • Marine Biodiversity Collections of South China Sea, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

Received date: 2015-07-09

  Online published: 2016-05-27

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (41406185); Key Project of Natural Basic Research Program of China (2012FY112400, 2013FY111200)

Abstract

This paper dealt with a new record species of the Conus collected form South China Sea, Conus tagaroae (Limpalaër & Monnier, 2013). Detailed descriptions of shell morphology and comparison with similar species were presented. All specimens were deposited at the Marine Biodiversity Collections of South China Sea, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Cite this article

CHEN Zhiyun , TAN Yehui , LIAN Xiping . A new record of Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from China seas[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2016 , 35(3) : 99 -100 . DOI: 10.11978/2015089

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