WoRMS taxon details
Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
215519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215519)
accepted
Species
Conus (Tesselliconus) tessulatus Born, 1778 · alternative representation
Conus tessulatus f. olango Bozzetti, 2021 · unaccepted
Conus tessulatus tessulatus Born, 1778 · unaccepted
Conus tessulatus uniformis Bozzetti, 2021 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cucullus pavimentum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Dendroconus tessulatus (Born, 1778) · unaccepted
Lithoconus tessulatus (Born, 1778) · unaccepted
Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778) · unaccepted
- Forma Conus tessulatus f. olango Bozzetti, 2021 accepted as Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
- Subspecies Conus tessulatus tessulatus Born, 1778 accepted as Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
- Subspecies Conus tessulatus uniformis Bozzetti, 2021 accepted as Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778) accepted as Conus tessulatus Born, 1778 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 131 [details]
page(s): 131 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus tessulatus Born, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215519 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Cucullus pavimentum 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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Conus tessulatus f. olango Bozzetti, 2021) Bozzetti, L. (2021). <i>Conus tessulatus</i> f. <i>olango</i> dalle Filippine Centrali. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 111: 11. [details]
original description (of Conus tessulatus uniformis Bozzetti, 2021) Bozzetti, L. (2021). <i>Conus tessulatus uniformis</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 113: 8-9. [details]
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Cucullus pavimentum 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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Conus tessulatus f. olango Bozzetti, 2021) Bozzetti, L. (2021). <i>Conus tessulatus</i> f. <i>olango</i> dalle Filippine Centrali. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 111: 11. [details]
original description (of Conus tessulatus uniformis Bozzetti, 2021) Bozzetti, L. (2021). <i>Conus tessulatus uniformis</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 113: 8-9. [details]
Other
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 Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 120 [details]
additional source Martini, F.H.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (1769–1795) Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. G.N. Raspe, Nürnberg. [Vol. 1, 1–408, pls. 1–31 (1769); Vol. 2, 1–362, pls. 32–65 (1773); Vol. 3, 1–434, pls. 66–121 (1777)], available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/de/dms/load/toc/?PPN=PPN578397560
page(s): 2: 295, pl. 59 fig. 653; note: illustration of lectotype of C. tessulatus [details]
subsequent type designation Kohn, A. (1964). Type specimens and identity of the described species of <i>Conus</i>. II. The species described by Solander, Chemnitz, Born and Lightfoot between 1766 and 1796. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 45: 151-167. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 159-160, fig. 13; note: lectotype designated [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 120 [details]
additional source Martini, F.H.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (1769–1795) Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. G.N. Raspe, Nürnberg. [Vol. 1, 1–408, pls. 1–31 (1769); Vol. 2, 1–362, pls. 32–65 (1773); Vol. 3, 1–434, pls. 66–121 (1777)], available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/de/dms/load/toc/?PPN=PPN578397560
page(s): 2: 295, pl. 59 fig. 653; note: illustration of lectotype of C. tessulatus [details]
subsequent type designation Kohn, A. (1964). Type specimens and identity of the described species of <i>Conus</i>. II. The species described by Solander, Chemnitz, Born and Lightfoot between 1766 and 1796. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 45: 151-167. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 159-160, fig. 13; note: lectotype designated [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tessellate cone | [details] |
| German | Mosaikkegel | [details] |
| Japanese | ハルシャガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. FREAK) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. GRANULATE) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. LARGE) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. SPECIAL COLOR SET) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. YELLOW) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. YOUNG) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff.) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus FREAK) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus INDIAN OCEAN) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus LARGE) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus SPECIAL COLOR SET) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus YOUNG) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus tessulatus)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus tessulatus Born, 1778 Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Safaga, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus tessulatus Born,1778 Philippines, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876063 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876063 Ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. FREAK) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. GRANULATE) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. LARGE) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. SPECIAL COLOR SET) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. YELLOW) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff. YOUNG) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus aff.) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus FREAK) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus INDIAN OCEAN) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus LARGE) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus SPECIAL COLOR SET) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus YOUNG) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To Conchology (Tesselliconus tessulatus) (from synonym Tesselliconus tessulatus (Born, 1778))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus tessulatus)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus tessulatus Born, 1778 Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Safaga, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus tessulatus Born,1778 Philippines, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876063 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876063 Ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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