WoRMS taxon details
Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791
426459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426459)
accepted
Species
Conus (Leporiconus) coffeae Gmelin, 1791 · alternative representation
Conus fabula G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted
Cucullus caffer Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Leporiconus coffeae (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
marine
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
page(s): 3388 [details]
page(s): 3388 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426459 on 2025-12-10
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Nomenclature
original description
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
page(s): 3388 [details]
original description (of Cucullus caffer 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 Conus fabula 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): 24, fig. 5, 5* [details]
page(s): 3388 [details]
original description (of Cucullus caffer 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 Conus fabula 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): 24, fig. 5, 5* [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Coomans, H. E. & De Visser, J. S. (1987). Studies on Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). 10. The holotype and identity of <i>Conus coffeae</i> Gmelin. <em>The Veliger.</em> 29(4): 437-441. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Conus fabula G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Conchology (Leporiconus coffeae) (from synonym Leporiconus coffeae (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus coffeae)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus coffeae Gmelin,1791 LECTOTYPE Indo-Pacific)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus fabula G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Conus fabula G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Conchology (Leporiconus coffeae) (from synonym Leporiconus coffeae (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus coffeae)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus coffeae Gmelin,1791 LECTOTYPE Indo-Pacific)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus fabula G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
