An Illustrated Checklist

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Recent Conidae

Images and Taxonomy of the World's Living Conidae - Species, Subspecies, Varieties and Forms.

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NOTES:

0) Since many cone species are extremely variable, and local varieties and forms often occur, taxonomic assignment of many named taxa is often in doubt: some will say "This is a species", while others will disagree. The assignments below are based upon the most recent literature for the most part, but there are still many disagreements excisting. If you don't see a specific taxa you are seeking, just use the search function on your browser (under "edit" usually), and you can find it that way. PLEASE NOTE that no effort has been made to include all of the many synonyms and invalid names proposed for Conus species since 1758. The ones included are those still in use by some collectors and shell dealers, in order to rectify some of the confusion around these names.

1) The images below are from various sources as credited. The taxonomy of most of the list was carefully researched by Paul Kersten with the aid of the most recent literature and various regional researchers such as Manuel Tenorio, who has also been of much assistance for the West African & ever-growing Cape Verde clan.

2) The images from Gene Mallory's excellent site (he kindly permitted us to use his base compilation of living Conus species and forms as the starting point for this list) are from a variety of sources but mostly his own collection.

3) Most of the "maximum sizes" are taken from Mr. Mallory's site for now. When we get the most recent copy of the Registry of World Record Sizes we'll modify these accordingly.

4) This is a "work in progress". If you see any errors or omissions we would be very grateful if you would point them out to us (email link) so we can make this list more comprehensive and useful as a resource.

5) If you the viewer have or wish to make images of Conus specimens which are better or significantly different from any of the images presented below we would be VERY glad to receive them - the more the merrier!!

The following taxa still do not have illustrations. If you can be of assistance in this respect, your contributions will be gladly recieved!!
0Conus anabathrum tranthami Petuch 1995
Conus anemone "atractus" Rockel, 1995 - replacement name for f. fusiformis Lamarck, 1810 (If anyone has the 1995 article, this would have the desired photo. Ditto for the others on this list!!)
Conus anemone maculosus Sowerby I, 1833.
Conus aureonimbosus Petuch 1987
Conus bellocquae Van Rossum 1996
Conus biraghii congruens Korn & G. Raybaudi M. 1993
Conus biraghii omanensis Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993
Conus eduardi Delsaerdt 1997 (Gloria Maris, 35(4-5)57-62)
Conus grahami luziensis Röckel Rolan & Monteiro 1983
Conus keatiformis Shikama & Oishi in Shikama 1977
Conus pacei Petuch 1987
Conus papalis Weinkauff 1875
Conus patamakanthini Delsaerdt 1997
Conus pulcher conakryensis Rossum, van, 1997 - see World Shells 20: 36-42.
Conus velaensis Petuch 1992
Conus wilsi Delsaerdt 1998

Quite a few other taxa have only one photo (example: Conus anabathrum floridensis Sowerby 1870). Although we will soon augment many of these with a link to Eddy Hardy's awesome gastropods.com site, as well as more pix from Paul, we would be more than happy to recieve additional photos of these, in addition to the few "orphan" taxa above.

Sincerely yours,

Ross Mayhew & Paul Kersten

Conus abbas Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Abbas Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: South East India to Bali
Maximum size: 77 mm

Conus abbas Hwass 1792...63mm. Typical specimen...Sri Lanka.  (Image Schooner)
Conus abbas Hwass 1792...61 to 63mm..."classic" patterns...Indonesia. (Image Schooner)
Conus abbas Hwass 1792 ...53mm...All-round excellent specimen...Sri Lanka. (Image Schooner)
Conus abbas Hwass 1792...39mm...Fine brown reticulate patterns...Sri Lanka. (Image Schooner)
Conus abbas Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus abbotti Clench 1942 - Form of Conus jucundus Sowerby I. The third image would represent the abboiti form. Top two images are typical jucundus.  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus abbreviatus Reeve 1843 - Abbreviated Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Hawaiian Islands
Maximum size: 58 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_564.html

Conus abrolhosensis Petuch 1987 - Abrolhos Isl. Cone

(Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil
Maximum size: 12 mm

See also: http://www.conchasbrasil.org.br/conquiliologia/descricao.asp?id=40

Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791 - Little Frog Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Mozambique and Tanzania to W. Australia Philippines to Melanesia and N.E. Australia
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791...62.5mm...Dark...  India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791....46 and 49.5mm...Extreme contrast pair: ...Australia. (Image Schooner)

Conus aculeiformis Reeve 1843 - Spindle Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 53.8 mm

Conus aculeiformis Reeve 1844   (Image from Gene Mallory' Site)

Conus aculeiformis delicatus Schepman 1913 - Delicate Spindle Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory' Site)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus aculeiformis delicatus Schepman, 1930....30, 32mm. Gracefully elongated with brown speckled pattern in three intermittent bands...Philippines  (Image Schooner)

See also:  http://www.randttreasures.com/images/rfm2198.jpg

Conus acuminatus Hwass 1792 - a junior synonym of locumtenens Blumenbach 1791

Conus acutangulus Lamarck 1810 - Sharp Angled Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus acutangulus Lamarck 1810....23mm... Pastel orange with white mottling...Solomon Islands.  (Image Schooner)
Conus acutangulus Lamarck 1810  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus acutangulus gemmulatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1870 - synonym (Filmer)

Conus acutangulus turriculatus Sowerby 1866  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 30 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_11574.html

Conus acutimarginatus Sowerby 1866

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Venezuela
Maximum size: 20 mm

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+acutimarginatus+Sowerby%2C+1866

Conus (Conorbis) adamii Bozzetti 1994

(Images from Eddy Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 19.4 mm

Conus (Conorbis) adamii Bozzetti 1994..(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus (Conorbis) adamii Bozzetti 1994  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus adamsonii Broderip 1836 - Rhododendron Cone

(Image from David Touitou 's Polynesian Cones article on Seashell-Collector.com - wonderful photos and commentary!!)

Distribution: S. Pacific from Coral Sea to French Polynesia
Maximum size: 57.4 mm

Conus adamsonii Broderip 1836 - Rhododendron Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus aemulus Reeve 1844 - Hybrid Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 51 mm

See also http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_3939.html for some great photos!

Conus aemulus Reeve 1844...38mm...Brown specks wavy markings lavender mouth...Angola. (Image Schooner)

Conus africanus Kiener 1849

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus africanus Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus alabaster Reeve 1849 - Alabaster Cone

(Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: China Sea; W. Indonesia; Philippines
Maximum size: 40.8 mm

See also: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_a_c/Alabaster.htm

Conus albuquerquei Trovão 1978 - Albuquerquei Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: about 17 mm

Conus albuquerquei Trovão 1978  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus algoensis Sowerby 1834 - Algoa Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 39.7 mm

See also:  http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_algoensis.htm

and......... http://pw1.netcom.com/~ejpower/sacone/conepgsa9a.htm


 
Conus algoensis agulhasi Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1980  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 26 mm

Conus algoensis agulhasi Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1980  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus algoensis scitulus Reeve 1849  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 31.3 mm

Conus algoensis scitulus Reeve 1849  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus algoensis simplex Sowerby 1858  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 71.8 mm

Conus algoensis simplex Sowerby 1858 - Simplex Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 28 mm

Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus altispiratus Sowerby 1873 - Turret Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 84.4 mm

See also: http://pw1.netcom.com/~ejpower/sacone/conepgsa24.htm

and....... http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_3950.html

Conus amadis Gmelin 1791 - Beautiful Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Nicobar Is. Sri Lanka S. India to W. Thailand and N. Sumatra
Maximum size: 99.4 mm

Conus amadis Gmelin 1791 ...90.5mm...Dark brown nice pattern...India.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus amadis Gmelin 1791... 79 and 80mm...Freak pair: one has a strange "wing" lump at the shoulder the other has a dome top...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...78 to 86mm...Pairs showing variations in colour and pattern...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...75 to 85mm.   Three-piece sets showing colours from orange to brown & a variety of tenting & banding patterns...India (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...74 &77mm... Different patterned pair one decidely orange (quite rare for amadis! ) the other a rich chocolate brown...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...71 to 79mm.  Three-piece set shows variablity in colours patterns spire heights...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791... Uncommon "golden" form ...India.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...70mm.  Turreted apex & degenerate colour pattern of dashes & blotches...India.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...57mm. Looks like a Strombus...India. (Image Schooner)

Conus amadis "aurantius" Dauzenberg, 1937 - simply refers to the yellow color variant, which is often quite striking. (Image Schooner).

Conus amadis castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg 1937  (Image from Luciano Giombini's Site)

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 91.9 mm

Conus amadis castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg 1937  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus amadis castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg 1937...64mm...Large specimen with excitingly sharp tents....Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg 1937..61mm..Splendid example...Thailand. (Image Schooner)


See also: http://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=746

Conus amadis castaneofasciatus arbornatalis da Motta 1978  (Image Paul Kersten) - deeper water eco-variant with higher spire.

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_5330.html

Conus amadis schech Dautzenberg 1937 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Thailand
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus amadis schech ...66mm...Huge specimen of this rare species with a lovely tented pattern...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis schech ...62mm...Not a form of amadis in my opinion since it has almost no variability and the pattern does not intergrade with other amadis forms...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis schech ...60mm...Unusual specimen with very minimal pattern: interesting...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis schech  55mm...A strange Andaman Sea species with a compact central band very little tenting...India.  (Image Schooner)

Conus ambiguus Reeve 1844 - Ambiguous Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Senegal Gambia
Maximum size: 65 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_3947.html

Conus ammiralis Linnaeus 1758 - Admiral Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Thailand to N.W. Australia Japan to Marshall Is., Fiji, New Caledonia to Queensland
Maximum size: 83 mm

Conus ammiralis Linneaus 1758...80mm...Huge example...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linneaus 1758...67.5mm...Normal for this species...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linneaus 1758...61  68mm...Typical patterned specimens...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linneaus 1758...49mm...Background so dark they look like C. bandanus...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linneaus 1758...44 to 46mm...Light & dark pairs show variability of colour pattern & even form...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linneaus 1758..39.5mm...Different worthy of the Admiral himself...S. Africa.  (Image Schooner)

Conus ammiralis architalassus Solander 1786  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indonesia; Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 60 mm

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_ammiralis_forma.htm

Conus ammiralis blainvillii Vignard 1829  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Mozambique

See also: http://abbas0.chez.tiscali.fr/pagecammiralis_blainvillei.html

Conus ammiralis pseudocedonulli Blainville 1818  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Africa - W. Thailand & W. Australia
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus ammiralis pseudocedonulli Blainville 1818  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

See also: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/loic.limpalaer/Taurus/Conidae/pseudocedonulliouv.jpg

Conus ammiralis temnes Iredale 1930  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 85 mm

Conus ammiralis temnes Iredale 1930...57mm...Great patterns...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis temnes Iredale 1930...45 and 51mm...Typically reduced tents...Australia. (Image Schooner)

Conus amphiurgus Dall 1889

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Caribbean: South USA, Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Colombia
Maximum size: 47 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_3960.html

Conus amphiurgus juliae Clench 1942 - Julia Clench's Cone.  (Image from Eddy Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Florida, Puerto Rico & Jamaica
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus amphiurgus juliae Clench 1942 - Julia's Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 ( Senior synonym of Conus floridanus Gabb 1869)

(Image from Eddy Hardy's site: a stunning variety of colors and patterns!!)

Distribution: Florida
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865...37mm...Lovely bright yellow axial bars...Florida. (Image Schooner)

See also: 22491.JPG

Conus anabathrum burryae Clench 1942 - Mrs. Burry's Cone (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: SE Florida USA - Mexico, Martinique
Maximum size: 35 mm

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_anabathrum.htm

Conus anabathrum candidus Kiener, 1845 - nomen nudum

Conus anabathrum floridensis Sowerby 1870...34 to 39mm...High pointy apex yellow more mottled than barred...Florida.  (Image Schooner)

Distribution: S. Carolina to W. Florida
Maximum size: 51 mm

Conus anabathrum philippii Kiener 1845 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Florida
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus anabathrum tranthami Petuch 1995 - Florida Cone  Image needed!!!

Distribution: Florida Keys USA
Maximum size: 21 mm

Conus anabelae Rolan & Röckel 2001 - Anabel's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: about 20 mm

Conus anabelae Rolan & Röckel 2001 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus anaglypticus Crosse 1865 (same image as on gastropods.com)

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Caribbean: Antilles
Maximum size: 17 mm

Conus andamanensis Smith 1878

(Image from Giancarlo Paganelli's Site)

Distribution: Andaman Sea
Maximum size: 41.2 mm

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_andamanensis.htm

Conus anemone Lamarck 1810 - Anemone Cone (Images from Eddy Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 53 mm

Conus anemone Lamarck 1810 - (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

See also: http://www.easy.com.au/ernie/Co56.htm

Conus anemone "atractus" Rockel, 1995 (which would seem to be pre-occupied by atractus Tomlin 1937...) - replacement name for f. fusiformis Lamarck, 1810 which is pre-occupied by fusiformis Fisher, 1807) - a biconic form "very similar" to carmeli below.

Conus anemone carmeli Tenison-Woods 1877 - more biconic than other forms, and with yellowish aperature. Often considered a separate species, and often erroneously referred to as f. compressus, below. (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Tazmania to Ceduna (S. Australia)
Maximum size: 53 mm

Conus anenome compressus Sowerby 1866  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S Australia
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus anemone compressus Sowerby 1866...42mm...Light pleasing pattern....S.Australia.  (Image Schooner)

Conus anemone cf compressus Sowerby 1866 ...47.2mm...Strongly corded sculpture...S. Australia  (Image Schooner)

Conus anemone maculosus Sowerby I, 1833. - Considered by Rockel et al to be a legitimate color and form variant. Need information and images needed also.

Conus anemone novaehollandiae A. Adams 1854  - Western Australian endemic. (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: W. Australia
Maximum size: 60 mm

See also: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_a_c/Anemone_Novaehollandiae.htm

Conus anemone peronianus Iredale 1931  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S.W. & E. Australia
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus anemone peronianus Iredale 1931  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus anemone peronianus Iredale 1931  (Image from Zonatus.com Site)

Conus anemone peronianus Iredale 1931  (Image from Zonatus.com Site)

See also: http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Pages/Conus_anenome.htm

Conus anemone remo Brazier 1898  - color variant, "splashed with bright orange". (Image is a faded specimen from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S.W. & E. Australia
Maximum size: 90 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_5355.html - the second image especially: the first one is not orange - perhaps faded?

(Conus anemone roseotinctus Sowerby II, 1866) - sometimes considered a form, but according to Rockel et al, based on a juvenile specimen, along with flindersi Brazier, 1898 and comptus Adams, 1854.

Conus anemone saundersi Cotton 1945.- validity in debate: anemone is an extremely variable species. Probabably the same variant as maculosus Sowerby, above. (Image Schooner)

Distribution: York Peninsula South Australia
Maximum size: 57 mm

Conus anemone singletoni Cotton 1945 - color form only. Pinkish-white, no or very minimal pattern. (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Victoria - W. Australia
Maximum size: 44 mm

See also: http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Pages/Conus_anenome.htm

Conus angasi Tryon 1884 - Angas's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: East Australia
Maximum size: 35 mm

See Also: http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_3889.html - second photo is wonderful!

and.........www.seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Images/2485-1.jpg - from the Seashell Club of Sydney website.

Conus angasi advertex Garrard 1961  (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus angasi advertex Garrard 1961 - form of angasi Tyron (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus angasi advertex Garrard 1961...38mm...So old the last half whorl is gerontic...Australia. (Image Schooner)
Conus angasi advertex Garrard 1961...33 - 34mm...White with tan bands & brown patches...Australia.  (Image Schooner)

Conus angioiorum Röckel & Moolenbeek 1992

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya and Madagascar
Maximum size: 45 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_5016.html

Conus anthonyi Petuch 1975 - Anthony's Cone --The validity of this species is questioned by some.

(Image Manuel Tenorio)

Distribution: Cape Verde Islands
Maximum size: 11 mm

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_anthonyi.htm

Conus antoniomonteiroi Rolan 1990 - Antonio Monteiro Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Sal Island Cape Verde Islands
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus antoniomonteiroi Rolan 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus aphrodite Petuch 1979 - Aphrodite Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Ryukyus, Philippines & New Caledonia
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus aphrodite Petuch 1979  (Image from Eddie Hardy site)

See also..http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_a_c/Aphrodite.htm

Conus aplustre Reeve 1843 - Back-end Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 30 mm

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_aplustre.htm

Conus araneosus Lightfoot 1786

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Sri Lanka, S. E. India
Maximum size: 101 mm

Conus araneosus Lightfoot 1786  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Molucca,s Philippines, Nicobar & Andaman Islands
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Nicobar Cone (Image Schooner)
Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass1792...75mm..."classic"...Nicobar Is. (Image Schooner)

Conus arangoi Sarasúa 1977

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site - same image as on gastropods.com)

Distribution: Cuba
Maximum size: 455 mm

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+arangoi+Sarasua%2C+1977

Conus archetypus Crosse 1865

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Grenadines - E. Brazil
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus archetypus Crosse 1865 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901 - Beddome's Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Caribbean Sea - Brazil, St. Vicente and the Grenadines, Panama
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901  (Image Paul Kersten)
>Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901 - Brazil Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

See also::..http://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=1204http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_a_c/Beddomei.htm

Conus archetypus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution : Brazil
Maximum size:22 mm

Conus archetypus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus archetypus brasiliensis Clench 1942  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus archetypus brasiliensis Clench 1942  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus archon Broderip 1833 - Magistrate Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Eastern Pacific
Maximum size: 98 mm

Conus archon Broderip 1833...59mm...Awesome pattern...Costa Rica.  (Image Schooner)
Conus archon Broderip 1833...43mm...Colourful  pair one marked in rich brown the other in orange-tan...Tropical West America.  (Image Schooner)
Conus archon Broderip 1833  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus arcuatus Broderip & Sowerby 1829 - Arched Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 53 mm

Conus arcuatus Sowerby 1829  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus ardisiaceus Kiener 1845

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution : Muscat to Masirah Island Oman
Maximum size : 55 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_5082.html

Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Sand Dusted Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific; E. Africa to Marshall Is. and Tuamotu
Maximum size: 83.8 mm

Conus arenatus Hwass 1792...68mm...Extremely Large...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus arenatus Hwass 1792...56mm...Splendid specimen...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus arenatus Hwass 1792...45 & 44mm.  Contrast pair of sandy ones...India. (Image Schooner)

Conus arenatus aequipunctatus Dautzenberg 1937  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 47 mm

See also: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_a_c/Arenatus_aequipunctatus.htm

and....... http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_8441.html

Conus arenatus bizona Coomans Moolenbeek & E.Wils 1981  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus arenatus granulosa Dautzenberg 1937  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indonesia and Philippines
Maximum size: 41 mm

See also: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/loic.limpalaer/Taurus/Conidae/arenatusfgranulosa.JPG

Conus armadillo Shikama 1971 - Armadillo Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution:Taiwan Philippines, Loyalty Is., Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus armadillo Shikama 1971..72m...Quite large ...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus armadillo Shikama 1971..71mm...Spire like a tower...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus armadillo Shikama 1971...68mm.  ...Top-notch...Philippines  (Image Schooner).
Conus armadillo Shikama 1971...65+mm. Golden-brown dashed markings  high apex...Philippines.. (Image Schooner).
Conus armadillo.Shikama 1971..65mm...Normal for this species ...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus armadillo & kurohara Shikama 1971 & Habe 1965...62 & 63mm.  Comparison pair shows differences in spire height & axial dashed vs. lined pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus armiger Crosse 1858 - Armored Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Caribbean: USA: West Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico:Yucatan Peninsula Colombia Barbados Surinam
Maximum size: 45 mm

See also: http://abbas0.chez.tiscali.fr/pagecarmiger.html

Conus armiger clarki Rehder & Abbott 1951 - Clark's Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Louisiana USA - Mexico
Maximum size: 56 mm

Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: E. Africa to W. Thailand, Japan to Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873...24mm...Large and in good condition...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus articulatus lombei Sowerby III 1881  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Japan
Maximum size: 24 mm

Conus articulatus nadaensis Azuma & Toki 1970 - Nada Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Nada Japan
Maximum size: 25 mm



Conus articulatus tosaensis Shikama 1970  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Japan
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus artoptus Sowerby 1833 - Tender Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Is. Australia
Maximum size: 52.7 mm

Conus artoptus Sowerby 1833 (ventrum) (Doug Thorn) 52.7mm (record)..Queensland. (Image Schooner)

Conus asiaticus da Motta 1985 - Asia Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, Philippines & Vietnam Queensland
Maximum size: 45 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5038.html

Conus asiaticus lovellreevei Raybaudi 1993  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: SW India
Maximum size : 43 mm

Conus asiaticus lovellreevei Raybaudi 1993  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Sal Island Cape Verde
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...43mm...Brown form...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...41mm.  Albino. Just enough pattern identify the species...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...41mm.  Black form with multiple bands of white markings...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...37mm.  Rare single banded form with one mid-body band of white "tents" on black...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...36 to 38mm.  Chocolate brown background and bands of white markings...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...36 34mm...   "Classic"specimen...Cape  verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...28 to 29mm...Black form with bold white markings...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)

Conus atlanticoselvagem Afonso & Tenorio 2004

(Image Manuel Tenorio)

Distribution : Banco Joao Valente between Boavista and Maio Island Cape Verde
Maximum size : 44 mm

Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844 - Attenuated Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Caribbean: Bahamas:Grand Bahama Island, Martinique
Maximum size: 28 mm

Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844...32mm...Nice specimen...Curacao.  (Image Schooner)
Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844...Albinistic: very light color....Curacao.  (Image Schooner)

Conus attenuatus ustickei Miller 1859...  (Image Schooner)

Distribution: S.E. Caribbean
Maximum size: about 32 mm

Conus attenuatus ustickei Miller 1859...29mm  Orange bands well defined...Curacao. (Image Schooner)

Conus atractus Tomlin 1937 - Attractive Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: West Atlantic: Brazil
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus atractus Tomlin 1937  (Image Paul Kersten)

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/search/index.asp?query=atractus&fq=1&ws=ph for all kinds of other images.

Conus atractus austini Rehder & Abbott 1951 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Eastern Central America
Maximum size: 60 mm

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/photo.asp?photo=26548

Conus augur Lightfoot 1786 - Augur Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indian Ocean: E. Africa to W. Thailand
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...70mm...Magnificent massive gerontic specimen...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...60mm...Well for the species...Madagascar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...57mm...Pattern of pinpoints on brown blotched bands...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786..55mm...At least 1000 spots...Madagascar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...49mm...Fine specks and two dark bands...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)

Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758 - Princely Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 170 mm

Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758...142.5mm...A "once in a LONG while" shell...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758... 133mm...Practically perfect...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758...120 - 121mm...White tents on reddish brown background...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758...113 and 114.5mm... Unusual pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758 ...105mm...Rich brown with white tents..Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758...104mm...Fine tent pattern...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758...104mm...Typical specimen well marked...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linneaus 1758...103mm...Bold pattern nice size good apex and no growth scars...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)

Conus aulicus aurantia Dautzenberg 1937 - an orange-brown form not known to attain a large size. (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Maldives, Indonesia, New Caladonia, Philippines.
Maximum size: 95 mm

Conus aulicus auratus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - A locally occuring color form (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: French Polynesia
Maximum size: 110 mm

Conus aulicus gracianus Dautzenberg 1937  - a dwarf local form. (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Madagascar
Maximum size: 95 mm

Conus aulicus propenudus Melvill 1900  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 150 mm

Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Golden Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Caribbean: ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire
Maximum size: 70mm

Conus aurantius Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...56.5mm...Dark brown nice specimen...Curacao.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792  ...53mm...Dark brown a sensational specimen...Curacao. (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...50mm... Completely delightful specimen - dark brown with very attractive white pattern...Curacao.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...42mm...Nice "classic" dark brown specimen...Curacao. (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...41.5mm...Light color with "mappa" pattern..Curacao. (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...36mm...Dark brown and golden form with "mappa" pattern...Curacao.  (Image Schooner)

Conus auratinus da Motta 1982

(Image from Eddie Hardy Site)

Distribution: Tuamotu Society and Marshall Islands, Philippines, Vanuatu, Solomon Is.
Maximum size: 102 mm

See also:..http://abbas0.chez.tiscali.fr/pagecauratinus.htmlhttp://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=902

Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - A color form of aulicus Linnaeus 1758 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus aureolus Sowerby, G.B. II, 1858 (image from Eddy Hardy's site)

Distribution: Florida, USA
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus aureolus patglicksteinae Petuch, E.J., 1987 - often considered a form of anabanthrum Crosse, 1865

(Image courtesy of Alan Kohn)

Distribution: Florida, USA
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus aureonimbosus Petuch 1987 - Golden Cloud Cone - Image needed!!

Distribution: W. Florida USA
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus aureopunctatus Petuch 1987

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: N.E. South America: Nicaragua, Venezuela: Falcon
Maximum size: 17 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_9447.html

Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Aureus Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Japan to Philippines to Queensland and New Caledonia and Tuamotu
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus aureus Hwass 1792...61mm...Richly coloured live taken...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aureus Hwass 1792...60mm...Solid pattern...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aureus Hwass 1792...54mm...Brown on gold with lots of tiny tents...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus aureus Hwass 1792..52mm...exquisite...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aureus Hwass 1792...46mm...Orange patterned rarity...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus aureus paulucciae Sowerby III 1877 - Paulucci's Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Mozambique, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives and W. Thailand
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus aureus paulucciae Sowerby III 1877...59mm...Dark fine detailed pattern...Phuket Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aureus paulucciae Sowerby III 1877 - Paulucci's Cone   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_aureus.htm

Conus auricomus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Gold Leaf Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Africa to Tuamotu and Hawaii
Maximum size: 60.3 mm

Conus auricomus Hwass 1792..46.5mm...Great pattern...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus auricomus Hwass 1792 ...39mm..A very  fine specimen from a rare locality...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus auricomus Hwass 1792...27mm....Rare locality...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758 - Aurisiacus Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Mollucas S. Philippines Sulawesi
Maximum size: 95.2 mm

Conus aurisiacus Linneaus 1758....58mm...Purple-pink apex spiral brown dashes...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linneaus 1758...52mm...Pink apex black spots and orange-pink bands...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linneaus 1758...51mm... Broad colourful bands on this collector's classic...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linneaus 1758...45mm...Deep pink bands & contrasting black spots...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linneaus 1758...45mm...A shade of purple-pink rarely seen. (Image Schooner)

Conus australis Holten 1802 - Austral Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Japan, China Sea, Philippines, Vietnam, India, W. Thailand (but not Australia.....)
Maximum size: 105 m

Conus australis Holten 1802...85mm...Usual type... Taiwan.  (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...84 88mm...Brown lined very large...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...84 86mm...Darkly marked...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...82mm... All white with a few tan marks...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...81 87mm...Well marked and with excellent lip & apex...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...81mm...Well marked and with excellent lip & apex...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus australis Holten1802...80.5mm.  .. Pattern is banding only except for faint "residual" maculations...Taiwan.  (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...76 to 85mm...Extreme contrast pair...Japan. (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...73 and 75mm...Good size ones with dark brown markings...Taiwan. (Image Schooner)

Conus australis duplicatus Sowerby G.B. I 1823 - Duplicate Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S. Japan; Taiwan Philippines
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus australis duplicatus Sowerby 1823...46.5mm... Unusually attractive for certain...Philippines (Image Schooner)
Conus australis duplicatus Sowerby 1823 - Duplicate Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus austroviola Röckel & Korn 1992

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: N. Australia
Maximum size : 55 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5048.html

Conus axelrodi Walls 1978 - Axelrod's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus axelrodi Walls 1978 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Japan, Philippines, New Guinea
Maximum size: 22 mm

See also: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_axelrodi.htm

Conus babaensis Rolan & Röckel 2001

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site -(same image as on gastropods.com))

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: About 35 mm

Conus babaensis Rolan & Röckel 2001 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus baccatus Sowerby 1877

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Panama, Caribbean
Maximum size: 29 mm

Conus baccatus Sowerby 1877...22.5mm...Brown with good pattern..Panama.  (Image Schooner)
Conus baccatus Sowerby 1877  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus baeri Röckel & Korn 1992 - Baer's cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S. Mozambique
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus bahamensis Vink & Röckel 1995 - Bahamas Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus baiano Coltro 2004

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 32.9 mm

Conus baiano Coltro 2004  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus baileyi Röckel & da Motta 1979 - Bailey's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Solomon Is,. N. Queensland, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Philippines
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus baileyi Röckel & da Motta 1979...24.5mm... Normal specimen of this type...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus baileyi Röckel & da Motta 1979...24mm...Extremely large example of this...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus bairstowi Sowerby 1889 - Bairstow's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus bairstowi Sowerby 1889  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bajanensis Nowell-Usticke 1968

(Image Mike Filmer)

Distribution: S. Barbados
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833 - Ring Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo Pacific, E. Africa to Japan and Samoa
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833....41mm...White mid-band and unusually dark apex...Solomon Islands.  (Image Schooner)
Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833....34mm...Orange-tan with white coronated apex...Coral Sea.  (Image Schooner)
Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833 Yellow-white specimen  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833 Dark specimen  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus balteatus cernicus Barclay & Adams 1869   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Western Indian Ocean, W. Pacific
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus balteatus cernicus H. Adams 1869 - Mauritian Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus balteatus pigmentatus Adams & Reeve 1848 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Distribution: Indian Ocean, W. Pacific
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière 1792 - Banded Marble Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: E. Africa: Madagascar, Maldives, Philippines, French Polynesia - Hawaii
Maximum size: 132 mm

Conus bandanus Hwass 1792...101mm...Excellent jumbo example with  gerontic growth lines Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bandanus Hwass 1792...89mm...Big banded with bluish blush...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)

Conus bandanus equestris Röding 1798 (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)

Distribution: Moluccas
Maximum size: 60 mm

See also: http://www.gemmedelmare.net/gallery_image.php?id=2142

Conus bandanus nigrescens Sowerby 1859 - a dark color form of the species. (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Solomon Islands, Samoa
Maximum size: ?

Conus bandanus nigrescens Sowerby 1859 ..30mm...Black...New Caledonia.  (Image Schooner)

Conus bandanus vidua Reeve 1843 - Vidua Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Philippines

Conus bandanus vidua Reeve 1845...84mm...Black & white tents...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus bandanus vidua Reeve 1843...64mm. Tents arranged into distinct light and dark bands...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bandanus vidua Reeve 1843...48mm...Excellent example of the form.  ..Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus barbieri G. Raybaudi 1995

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995...28.5mm...Dark with nice tents...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995...27mm...Uniform dark brown with bands - exeptional...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995..24.5mm.   Rich chocolate with lots of tents..Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995...23mm.   Solid dark brown with no banding...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995...20mm...The absolute best tenting I have ever seen for this species.. Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 - Barthelemy's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Mascarenes, Comores, Seychelles, Maldives
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861...70mm...Shades of orange brown and  white...Réunion. (Image Schooner)
Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861...63mm. Lateral growth mark but good pattern & colour. Beautiful ventral display ...Réunion.  (Image Schooner)
Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861...54mm...Beautiful orange bands with brown specks...Indian Ocean.  (Image Schooner)

Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong 1949 - Bartsch's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong 1949..20mm.  ..Nice normal specimen...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong 1949  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus batheon Sturany 1904 - an extremely confused taxa. Seems to be a synonym of grangeri Sowerby: a species only found in the Red Sea and off eastern Sri Lanka. Purported specimens from the Philippines are usually rolani Rockel, and sometimes sulcatus Hwass.

Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872 - Bayan's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indian Ocean: India, Sri Lanka, Red Sea, to Somalia
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872....75mm...Somewhat stepped and keeled shoulder...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...68mm. SE India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...67mm... Slightly turreted spire lavender tint under interrupted brown bands...India.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...65mm...Freak lip grows a flare around a worm tube on the shoulder...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...63mm...Brown markings and a light lavender tint...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872 ...57mm...Great pattern...India.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872 ..51.5mm...Damaged in battle...SE India. (Image Schooner)

Conus bayeri Petuch 1987

(Image Mike Filmer)

Distribution: Colombia
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus beddomei Sowerby II 1901 - form of archetypus Crosse, 1865.

Conus belairensis Pin & Tack 1989

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus belairensis variations (Gene Mallory photo)

Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989....25 to 30mm... Extreme pattern pairs. Strong "net" pattern minimal pattern and greenish tan bands...Senegal. (Image Schooner)
Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989....29mm...Amazing extreme pair one mostly olive green the other orange brown with white cuneiform markings...Senegal. (Image Schooner)
Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989 One specimen from the type locality (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bellocquae Van Rossum 1996 - considered by some to be a form of ambiguus Reeve, 1844 - Image needed!!

Distribution: West Africa - Guinea, Conakry Islands
Maximum size: About 70 mm

Conus bellulus Rolan 1990

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Santa Luzia Island, Curral Sao, Vicente, Saragasae, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus bellulus Rolan 1990 - Holotype -  (Image Manuel Tenorio)

Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968 - Glory of Bengal Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, S.E. India
Maximum size: 135 mm

Conus bengalensis Okutani1968 118mm...Large specimen of this classic species...Bay of Bengal Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968 ...116.6mm...Excellent ventral display and the ventrum and the dorsum is very good with some growth lines near the lip - a gerontic feature...Thailand. (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...112mm... Gorgeous golden-orange form...Thailand. (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...108mm...Good display of this example...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...106.5mm...Good solid pattern...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...101mm...Excellent classic fresh specimen...Thailand. (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968  100.5mm...Freak pattern on dorsum..hardly any "textile areas"...: highly differerent...Burma.  (Image Schooner) 
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...95 and 98mm...Delightful pair: One golden orange the other chestnut brown ...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...90mm...Classic: top notch...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...86mm...Bright bold pattern...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...80mm...Immaculate specimen...Thailand.  (Image Schooner)

Conus berdulinus Veillard 1972 - Bearded Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Africa - Somalia, S. Oman, S. India
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus berdulinus Veillard 1972...55mm... Banded one is the Bay of Bengal form other one is the South African.  (Image Schooner)

Conus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997 - Possibly a synonym of archetypus Crosse 1865

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: E. Brazil
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997...20 21.5mm...Bright orange with white shoulder and body whorl bands...Brazil.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bessei Petuch 1992

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Honduras
Maximum size: 15 mm

Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758 - Beech Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 177 mm

Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...127mm...Dark Orange- a massive heavy specimen with top-notch color...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...125.5mm...Dark orange with only 14 spots on the body whorl...Kenya.  (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...112mm...Great pattern; a lovely shell...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...106mm... Freak pattern vertical streaks of dark orange combine with a heavy pattern...Phlippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...99mm...Plenty of  yellow in it and a very reduced pattern...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...95mm...A high spire for the species and a yellow color...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
FREAK...Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...92mm.  Freak pattern - the "secondary" bands of smaller dots that go between the larger dotted bands are missing ..Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...74mm...Yellow and orange-streaked pattern and the start of spire turreting..India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linneaus 1758...68mm... Pattern looks like leopardus...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus betulinus zulu Petuch 1979  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S.E. Africa
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus biliosus zulu Petuch 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus biliosus Röding 1798 - Bilious Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus biliosus Röding 1798 (ventrum)...47.5mm.  Orange base of inner lip over-all impression like aurisiacus L...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus biliosus Röding 1798  (Image Paul Kersten)


Conus biliosus meyeri Walls 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa, Madagascar
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus biliosus meyeri Walls 1979 - Meyer's Bilious Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus biliosus parvulus Link 1807  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: S.E. Asia, Madagascar
Maximum size: 49 mm

Conus biliosus parvulus Link 1807 - Little Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus biraghii Raybaudi Massilia G. 1993

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size: 7.7 mm

Conus biraghii congruens Korn & G. Raybaudi M. 1993  - Image needed!

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size: 11 mm

Conus biraghii omanensis Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993 - Images needed!!

Distribution: Oman
Maximum size: 11 mm

Conus blanfordianus H. Crosse 1867

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Philippines, New Guinea
Maximum size: 29 mm

Conus blanfordianus Crosse 1867  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus boavistensis Rolan & Fernandes 1990

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Boavista Island Cape Verde
Normal size: 18 mm

Conus boavistensis Rolan & Fernandes 1990....13mm. ...About as big and nice as this scarce species comes...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus boavistensis Rolan & Fernandes 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bocagei Trovão 1978

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus bocagei Rolan & Fernandes 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bodarti Coltro 2004 - Bodart's Cone

(Image from the excellent Site of Conchasbrasil)

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 10 mm

Conus bodarti Coltro 2004  (Image Paul Kersten)

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+bodarti+Coltro%2C+2004

Conus boeticus Reeve 1844 - Boeticus Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Mozambique, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Indonesia, Japan, Fiji Islands
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus boeticus Reeve 1844...31mm...Typical...Fiji  (Image Schooner)
Conus boeticus Reeve 1844...25 to 26mm...Extreme pair one in orange-brown the other nearly black...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus boeticus Reeve 1844  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus boeticus cerinus Reeve 1848  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 29 mm

Conus boeticus empressae Lorenz 2002  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus boeticus meleus Sowerby 1913  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Japan - Australia
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus boeticus rivularius Reeve 1849  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Indian Ocean - Japan & Fiji
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus boeticus rivularius Reeve 1849  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus boeticus rüppellii Reeve 1848  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea, W. Indian Ocean - Japan & Fiji
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus boeticus rüppellii Reeve 1848  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus boholensis Petuch 1979

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Philippines, New Caledonia, Australia, Somalia
Maximum size: 51 mm

Conus boholensis Petuch 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bondarevi Röckel & G. Raybaudi Massilia 1992

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: North Somalia
Maximum size: 36mm

Conus bondarevi Röckel & G. Raybaudi Massilia 1992  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus borgesi Trovão 1979

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Boavista Is. Cape Verde
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus borgesi Trovão 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus boschorum Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Masirah Island, Oman
Maximum size: 13 mm

Conus boucheti Richard 1983

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 39 mm

Conus boucheti Richard 1983 (Paul Kersten)

Conus boui da Motta 1988 - A species within the"daucus-complex".

(Image from Gene Mallory's site)

Distribution Martinique
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus bozzettii Lauer 1991

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size: 65 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_4983.html

Conus branhamae Clench 1953

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Bahamas, Honduras
Maximum size: 28 mm

Conus branhamae Clench 1953  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus brianhayesi Korn 2001 - Brian Hayes' Cone

(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 23 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_11595.html

Conus broderipii Reeve 1844 - Broderip's Cone

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Mollucas, Philippines and islands south of the Philippines
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus broderipii Reeve 1844...34 to 38mm... Golden-tan markings and sharp lips...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus broderipii Reeve 1844  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845

(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 38 mm

Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845...37mm..."Greeny" specimen...Senegal.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845....31 to 36mm...Monster specimens of the unusual dark blue-green...Senegal.  (Image Schooner)
Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus brunneobandatus Petuch 1992 - form of