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Conus Linnaeus, 1758

137813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137813)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Conoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Conidae (Family)
  9. Conus (Genus)
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Genus
Conidae J. Fleming, 1822
Conidae J. Fleming, 1822

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  1. Species Conus achatinus Gmelin, 1791
  2. Species Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810
  3. Species Conus arenatus Hwass, 1792
  4. Species Conus armadillo Shikama, 1971
  5. Species Conus artoptus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  6. Species Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Species Conus aureus Hwass, 1792
  8. Species Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  9. Species Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758
  10. Species Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798)
  11. Species Conus bullatus Linnaeus, 1758
  12. Species Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792
  13. Species Conus canonicus Hwass, 1792
  14. Species Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758
  15. Species Conus caracteristicus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  16. Species Conus catus Hwass, 1792
  17. Species Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798)
  18. Species Conus chiangi (M. Azuma, 1972)
  19. Species Conus circumcisus Born, 1778
  20. Species Conus coccineus Gmelin, 1791
  21. Species Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858
  22. Species Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791
  23. Species Conus consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  24. Species Conus cylindraceus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830
  25. Species Conus daucus Hwass, 1792
  26. Species Conus distans Hwass, 1792
  27. Species Conus dusaveli (H. Adams, 1872)
  28. Species Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758
  29. Species Conus eburneus Hwass, 1792
  30. Species Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908
  31. Species Conus eximius Reeve, 1849
  32. Species Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758
  33. Species Conus flavidus Lamarck, 1810
  34. Species Conus floccatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1841
  35. Species Conus fulgetrum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  36. Species Conus fulmen Reeve, 1843
  37. Species Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767
  38. Species Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758
  39. Species Conus glans Hwass, 1792
  40. Species Conus grangeri G. B. Sowerby III, 1900
  41. Species Conus hirasei (Kuroda, 1956)
  42. Species Conus hyaena Hwass, 1792
  43. Species Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
  44. Species Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956)
  45. Species Conus kuroharai (T. Habe, 1965)
  46. Species Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810
  47. Species Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758
  48. Species Conus lividus Hwass, 1792
  49. Species Conus lizardensis Crosse, 1865
  50. Species Conus luteus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  51. Species Conus lynceus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
  52. Species Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843
  53. Species Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758
  54. Species Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758
  55. Species Conus miliaris Hwass, 1792
  56. Species Conus mitratus Hwass, 1792
  57. Species Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758
  58. Species Conus monile Hwass, 1792
  59. Species Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
  60. Species Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843
  61. Species Conus muriculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  62. Species Conus musicus Hwass, 1792
  63. Species Conus mustelinus Hwass, 1792
  64. Species Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758
  65. Species Conus obscurus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
  66. Species Conus pennaceus Born, 1778
  67. Species Conus pertusus Hwass, 1792
  68. Species Conus planorbis Born, 1778
  69. Species Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854
  70. Species Conus pulicarius Hwass, 1792
  71. Species Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786
  72. Species Conus rattus Hwass, 1792
  73. Species Conus recluzianus Bernardi, 1853
  74. Species Conus scabriusculus Dillwyn, 1817
  75. Species Conus sponsalis Hwass, 1792
  76. Species Conus stercusmuscarum Linnaeus, 1758
  77. Species Conus striatellus Link, 1807
  78. Species Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758
  79. Species Conus stupa (Kuroda, 1956)
  80. Species Conus stupella (Kuroda, 1956)
  81. Species Conus sugimotonis Kuroda, 1929
  82. Species Conus tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
  83. Species Conus terebra Born, 1778
  84. Species Conus tessulatus Born, 1778
  85. Species Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758
  86. Species Conus tisii T. C. Lan, 1978
  87. Species Conus tribblei Walls, 1977
  88. Species Conus tulipa Linnaeus, 1758
  89. Species Conus urashimanus Kuroda & Ko. Itô, 1961
  90. Species Conus varius Linnaeus, 1758
  91. Species Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791
  92. Species Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758
  93. Species Conus vitulinus Hwass, 1792
  94. Species Conus voluminalis Reeve, 1843
  95. Species Conus aculeiformis Reeve, 1844 accepted as Conasprella aculeiformis (Reeve, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  96. Species Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810 accepted as Conus aureus Hwass, 1792 (invalid: junior homonym of C. auricomus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
  97. Species Conus australis Schröter, 1803 accepted as Conus mustelinus Hwass, 1792 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus australis Holten, 1802)
  98. Species Conus comatosa Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Conasprella comatosa (Pilsbry, 1904) (original combination)
  99. Species Conus concolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 accepted as Conus hyaena concolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1841
  100. Species Conus coronatus Reeve, 1849 accepted as Pygmaeconus papalis (Weinkauff, 1875) (invalid: junior homonym of Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791; C. papalis is a replacement name)
  101. Species Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 accepted as Conasprella eugrammata (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) (original combination)
  102. Species Conus hypochlorus Tomlin, 1937 accepted as Conasprella insculpta (Kiener, 1847)
  103. Species Conus insculptus Kiener, 1847 accepted as Conasprella insculpta (Kiener, 1847) (original combination)
  104. Species Conus ione Fulton, 1938 accepted as Conasprella ione (Fulton, 1938) (original combination)
  105. Species Conus kimioi (Habe, 1965) accepted as Conasprella kimioi (T. Habe, 1965)
  106. Species Conus lani Crandall, 1979 accepted as Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979) (original combination)
  107. Species Conus leopardus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791 (junior secondary homonym of Conus leopardus (Röding, 1798))
  108. Species Conus marmoreus Perry, 1811 accepted as Conus monile Hwass, 1792
  109. Species Conus orbignyi Audouin, 1831 accepted as Conasprella orbignyi (Audouin, 1831) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  110. Species Conus pagodus Kiener, 1847 accepted as Conasprella pagoda (Kiener, 1847) (original combination)
  111. Species Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849 accepted as Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  112. Species Conus schepmani Fulton, 1936 accepted as Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  113. Species Conus sulcatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816 accepted as Conasprella jaspidea pealii (Green, 1830) accepted as Conasprella pealii (Green, 1830) (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sulcatus Hwass, 1792)
  114. Species Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956) accepted as Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956) (superseded combination)
  115. Species Conus tuberculosus Tomlin, 1937 accepted as Profundiconus tuberculosus (Tomlin, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  116. Species Conus vimineus Reeve, 1849 accepted as Conasprella viminea (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137813 on 2026-07-24
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Conus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137813 on 2026-07-24
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2006-03-14 13:01:33Z
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Mint Jiddou, Azza
2010-09-27 13:45:58Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2014-02-08 12:34:14Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2015-12-27 04:54:28Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-06-10 13:17:30Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Röckel, D.; Korn, W. & Kohn, A. J. (1995). <i>Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region</i>. Verlag Christa Hemmen, Weisbaden. 517 pp. , available online at http://www.theconecollector.com/RKK/PDF/RKK3.pdf [details] 

additional source Coomans, H. E., Moolenbeek, R. G. & Wils, E. (1979-1985). Alphabetical revision of the (sub)species in recent Conidae. <em>Basteria.</em> 1) abbas to adansoni 43: 9-26, 1979: 2) adansoni to albuquerquei 43: 81-105,1979. 3.)albus to antillarum, 44: 17-49,1980. 4.)aphrodite to azona, 45: 3-55,1981. 5.)baccatus to byssinus, 46 :3-67,1982. 6.)cabritti to cinereus, 47: 67-143,1983. 7.) cingulatus to cylindraceus, 48: 223-311,1985. [details] 

additional source Kohn A.J. & Riggs A.C. (1979). Catalogue of recent and fossil Conus, 1937-1976. Journal of Molluscan Studies (1979), 45, 131-147. [details] 

additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 228-229 [details] 

additional source Kohn, A.J. (1992) A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758–1840. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., x + 315 pp., 26 pls. [details] 

additional source Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 81: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Martens, E. von. (1872). Cuticula (Epidermis) von <i>Conus</i>. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 4(4): 62-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15596329 [details] 
 
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