Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 712 [details] Available for editors [request]
Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots...
Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots and dashes, and two wider brown bands also bearing dots and dashes. Base brown and aperture white. Habitat: on shallow sand around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215501 on 2025-07-14
original descriptionLinnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 712 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofConus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970)Wils, E. (1969-1972). Familie Conidae. Uitgave Conchyliologische studiegroep "Xenophora", Antwerpen, pp. 108, 18pls.[details]
original description(ofConus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933)Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224.[details]
original description(ofConus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933)Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224.[details]
original description(ofConus douvillei Fenaux, 1942)Fenaux A. (1942) Nouvelles espèces du genre <i>Conus</i>. <i>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco</i> 814: 1-4, 1 pl. [10 January 1942][details]
original description(ofConus viridulus Lamarck, 1810)Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607[details]
original description(ofConus dautzenbergi Fenaux, 1942)Fenaux A. (1942) Nouvelles espèces du genre <i>Conus</i>. <i>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco</i> 814: 1-4, 1 pl. [10 January 1942][details]
original description(ofCucullus imperialis Röding, 1798)Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659[details]
original description(ofCucullus coronaducalis Röding, 1798)Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659[details]
original description(ofCucullus regius Röding, 1798)Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659[details]
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additional sourceFilmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
additional sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceBarnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937 page(s): 84. [details]
additional sourceSteyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289. page(s): 226. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots and dashes, and two wider brown bands also bearing dots and dashes. Base brown and aperture white. Habitat: on shallow sand around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]