original description
(of Conus (Kermasprella) raoulensis A. W. B. Powell, 1958) Powell, A. W. B. (1958). Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part. 1. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 5 (1-2): 65-85, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60714435
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source
Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
source of synonymy
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) <i>Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details]
status source
Marshall, B. A. (1981). New records of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 8 (4): 493-501., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1981.10427973 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy C. raoulensis has been considered a synonym or subspecies of C. howelli. However, the two co-occur in the north of New Zealand and Norfolk Ridge, and are recognized as distinct species by Marshall (1981). [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]