WoRMS taxon details
Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792
215513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215513)
accepted
Species
Conus (Pionoconus) gubernator Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus boivini Kiener, 1846 · unaccepted
Conus sutoreanus Weinkauff, 1875 · unaccepted
Conus sutorianus Weinkauff, 1874 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Conus terminus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
- Forma Conus gubernator f. veillardi da Motta, 1990 accepted as Conus veillardi da Motta, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215513 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Conus boivini Kiener, 1846) Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (<i>Conus</i>, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379] (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): pl. 64, fig. 2 [1846]; 282 [1850] [details]
original description (of Conus sutoreanus Weinkauff, 1875) Weinkauff, H. C. (1873-1875). Die Familie der Coneae oder Conidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Vol. 4(2): 125-244 (1873); 245-300 (1874); 301-413 (1875). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42778789#page/311/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Conus sutorianus Weinkauff, 1874) Weinkauff, H. C. (1873-1875). Die Familie der Coneae oder Conidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Vol. 4(2): 125-244 (1873); 245-300 (1874); 301-413 (1875). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42778789#page/311/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Conus boivini Kiener, 1846) Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (<i>Conus</i>, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379] (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): pl. 64, fig. 2 [1846]; 282 [1850] [details]
original description (of Conus sutoreanus Weinkauff, 1875) Weinkauff, H. C. (1873-1875). Die Familie der Coneae oder Conidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Vol. 4(2): 125-244 (1873); 245-300 (1874); 301-413 (1875). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42778789#page/311/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Conus sutorianus Weinkauff, 1874) Weinkauff, H. C. (1873-1875). Die Familie der Coneae oder Conidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Vol. 4(2): 125-244 (1873); 245-300 (1874); 301-413 (1875). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42778789#page/311/mode/1up [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Tove, M. (2025). Reassessment of the Conus gubernator complex. <em>American Conchologist.</em> 53(1): 30-37.
page(s): 31, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 31, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Steyn, 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): 225. [details]
additional source Steyn, 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): 225. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Conus terminus Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator BROWN) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator GIANT) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator PURPLE) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus gubernator)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Antsiranana, Nosy Be, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792 Mozambique, Numpula, Matibane, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-2579) (from synonym Conus boivini Kiener, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876420 Dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Conus terminus Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator BROWN) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator GIANT) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator PURPLE) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Pionoconus gubernator) (from synonym Pionoconus gubernator (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus gubernator)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Antsiranana, Nosy Be, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792 Mozambique, Numpula, Matibane, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-2579) (from synonym Conus boivini Kiener, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876420 Dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
 terminus.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792 Mozambique, Numpula, Matibane, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)")
