African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS taxon details

Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

215499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215499)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Gastridium Modeer, 1793
Rollus Montfort, 1810
Utriculus Schumacher, 1817

Parent

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Conus (Gastridium) geographus Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation

Gastridium geographus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

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Variety Conus geographus var. rosea G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 accepted as Conus eldredi J. P. E. Morrison, 1955 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus roseus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807, and C. roseus Lamarck, 1810)

Environment

marine

Original description

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Description Highly dangerous - live specimens should be handled with extreme caution. Broad, thin shell, up to 15 cm, with wide...

Description Highly dangerous - live specimens should be handled with extreme caution. Broad, thin shell, up to 15 cm, with wide aperture and numerous shoulder ridges or spines. Colour creamy white, with orange or reddish-brown bands or blotches. Aperture bluish-white or pink. Habitat: around shallow reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215499 on 2024-12-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2001-12-15 16:49:27Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-10-27 10:23:08Z

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Tran, Bastien

2011-10-02 09:38:56Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 718 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Filmer, R. M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Anonymous. (1914). Poisoning by the bite of Conus geographus. The Nautilus. 27(10): 117-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752642 [details]

additional source Cruz, L. J., Corpuz, G. & Olivera, B. M. (1978). Mating, spawning, development and feeding habits of Conus geographus in captivity. The Nautilus. 92(4): 150-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274100 [details]