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ERMS taxon details

Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-2558)

AphiaID

428401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428401)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Conus cailliaudii J. C. Jay, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Conus desidiosus A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Conus galloprovincialis Locard, 1886 · unaccepted

Conus grossii Maravigna, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)

Conus ignobilis Olivi, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)

Conus jaspis Salis Marschlins, 1793 · unaccepted (synonym)

Conus mediterraneus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted

Conus mediterraneus var. alticonica Pallary, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)

Conus mediterraneus var. atra R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Conus mediterraneus var. scalaris Pallary, 1912 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)

invalid: junior homonym of Conus scalaris Valenciennes, 1832

Conus olivaceus Salis Marschlins, 1793 · unaccepted (synonym)

Conus submediterraneus Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)

Conus ventricosus mediterraneus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Conus ventricosus mediterraneus Hwass, 1792 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428401 on 2025-04-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428401 on 2025-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-27 10:23:08Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2009-11-11 10:42:20Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-10-02 09:38:56Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Conus mediterraneus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]

original description (of Conus mediterraneus var. alticonica Pallary, 1904) Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904]; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4 [28 November 1906]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430
page(s): 217 [details]

original description (of Conus desidiosus A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of the genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 116-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747247
page(s): 119 [details]

original description (of Conus galloprovincialis Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 100, 538 [details]

original description (of Conus ignobilis Olivi, 1792) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881 [details]

original description (of Conus cailliaudii J. C. Jay, 1846) Jay, J. C. (1846). Descriptions of new species of shells. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 4: 169-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370173
page(s): 169, pl. 10 fig. 8a-b [details]

original description (of Conus grossii Maravigna, 1853) Maravigna C. (1853). Descrizione di alcune nuove o poco conosciute specie di conchiglie siciliane. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 8: 121-140, available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=0LgEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA121
page(s): 137-138 [details]

original description (of Conus jaspis Salis Marschlins, 1793) Salis Marschlins, C. U.; Von. (1793). Reisen in verschiedne Provinzen des Königsreichs Neapel. Erster Band. Mit Kupfern Zürich. Zürich, Leipzig. Ziegler & Söhne. 1-442, [1-4], pls. I-X [= 1-10]. , available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/2318188 [details]

original description (of Conus olivaceus Salis Marschlins, 1793) Salis Marschlins, C. U.; Von. (1793). Reisen in verschiedne Provinzen des Königsreichs Neapel. Erster Band. Mit Kupfern Zürich. Zürich, Leipzig. Ziegler & Söhne. 1-442, [1-4], pls. I-X [= 1-10]. , available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/2318188 [details]

original description (of Conus submediterraneus Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 99-100, 538 [details]

original description (of Conus mediterraneus var. scalaris Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Sur la faune de l'ancienne lagune de Tunis. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. 4 (9): 215-228, 1 unnumbered plate., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1834 [details]

original description (of Conus mediterraneus var. atra R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]