North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Conidae J. Fleming, 1822

Parent

Conidae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (19)

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Species Conus canariensis (M. Tenorio, Abalde, Pardos-Blas & Zardoya, 2020)
Species Conus franciscanus Hwass, 1792
Species Conus fumigatus Hwass, 1792
Species Conus guanche Lauer, 1993
Species Conus guinaicus Hwass, 1792
Species Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786
Species Conus vayssierei Pallary, 1906
Species Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791
Species Conus cailliaudii J. C. Jay, 1846 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Conus desidiosus A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Conus galloprovincialis Locard, 1886 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791
Species Conus grossii Maravigna, 1853 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Species Conus ignobilis Olivi, 1792 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Species Conus jaspis Salis Marschlins, 1793 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Species Conus mediterraneus Hwass, 1792 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791
Species Conus olivaceus Salis Marschlins, 1793 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Species Conus papilionaceus Hwass, 1792 accepted as Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786
Species Conus siculus Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Conus submediterraneus Locard, 1886 accepted as Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

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

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137813 on 2026-07-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Conus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137813 on 2026-07-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-14 13:01:33Z

changed

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2010-09-27 13:45:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-02-08 12:34:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-12-27 04:54:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-10 13:17:30Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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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

additional source Röckel, D.; Korn, W. & Kohn, A. J. (1995). Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. 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. Basteria. 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. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 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. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus)
To Genbank
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Conus Linnaeus,1758 MIOCENE. Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dingden, Königsmühle, ex...
To NHMUK collection (Conus Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6275944)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Conus Linnaeus,1758 MIOCENE. Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dingden, Kigsmle, ex...

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To NHMUK collection (Conus Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6275944)

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