WoRMS taxon details

Conus ermineus Born, 1778

215538  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215538)

accepted
Species
Conus (Chelyconus) ermineus Born, 1778 · alternative representation
Conus coerulescens Schröter, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus eques Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus inquinatus Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus narcissus Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus perryae Clench, 1942 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus portoricanus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus rudis Weinkauff, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
Conus testudinarius Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus verrucosus piraticus Clench, 1942 · unaccepted (synonym of Conus ermineus)
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): 141 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus ermineus Born, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215538 on 2026-01-14
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
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1998-05-18 10:22:32Z
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2006-03-14 13:01:33Z
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2009-11-02 10:21:59Z
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2011-10-02 09:38:56Z
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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): 141 [details] 

original description (of Conus verrucosus piraticus Clench, 1942) Clench, W. J. (1942). The genus <i>Conus</i> in the Western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 1(6):1-40, 15 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113903 [details] 

original description (of Conus aspersus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): 28, fig. 16 [details] 

original description (of Conus coerulescens Schröter, 1803) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320 [details] 

original description (of Conus eques Hwass, 1792) 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 inquinatus Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. Supplementary plates 1-9 and unpaginated text. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica</i> [supplement to vol. 1]. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: suppl. pl. 1, February 1848; suppl. pl. 2-3, April 1848; suppl. pl. 4-9, June 1849; see notes in Petit R.E. 2007]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119114
page(s): pl. v. sp. 251. [details] 

original description (of Conus narcissus 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 at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [details] 

original description (of Conus luzonicus Hwass, 1792) 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 portoricanus Hwass, 1792) 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 perryae Clench, 1942) Clench, W. J. (1942). The genus <i>Conus</i> in the Western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 1(6):1-40, 15 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113903 [details] 

original description (of Conus rudis Weinkauff, 1873) 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 testudinarius Hwass, 1792) 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 grayi Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pl. 1-3 without imprinted date, assumed to be January 1843; stated dates: pl. 4, January 1843; pl. 5, june 1843; pl. 6-7, March 1843; pl. 8-10, April 1843; pl. 12-13, May 1843; pl. 11, 14-16, June 1843; pl. 17-19, July 1843; pl. 20-23, August 1843; pl. 24-26, September 1843; pl. 27-28, October 1843; pl. 29-35, November 1843; 36-39, December 1843; pl. 40-43, January 1844; pl. 44-47, February 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118900 [details] 

original description (of Conus leaeneus Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Conus oculatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cucullus barathrum 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 [details] 

original description (of Cucullus crucifer 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 [details] 

original description (of Cucullus cutisanguina 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 [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 Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Pin, M.; Tack, K.D.L. (1995). Les cônes du Sénégal. [The Conidae of Senegal]. La Conchiglia 277(Suppl.): 1-55, (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Ecology This is the only piscivorus species living in Cape Verde [details]

authority (Born, 1778) according to Bernard [details]
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English turtle coneagate cone  [details]
German Achat-Kegelschnecke  [details]
Japanese イトマキツムバイ [from synonym]  [details]