ruttii An Illustrated Checklist of the Living Conidae - Page 1

An Illustrated Checklist

of

Recent Conidae

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

Link to NOTES Regarding this Checklist

abbas Hwass to cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby: this page
dalli Stearns to lizarum Raybaudi & Da Motta
locumtenens Blumenbach to rizali Olivera & Biggs
roatanensis Petuch & Sargent to zylmanae Petuch
The Whole Thing in one Huge Page (915k)

Schooner Home Page 

Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008

Link to NOTES Regarding this Checklist

- For other good sites with Conidae Images, and General Conidae and Taxonomic information, see here. (and if you know of other good sites not included in this list, please let us know about them!! - Ross Mayhew)

An online magazine devoted to Conidae edited by António Monteiro : The Cone Collector
For previous issues, please contact me.

There are of course many people to thank for their contributions to such a project. Details can be found on the Notes page, but we would like to especially thank (in no particular order!!) Bruno Besse, Mike Filmer, Phil Crandall, Manuel Tenorio, Giancarlo Paganelli, Alan Kohn, Laverne Lambert, António Monteiro, Carlos Afonso, Loïc Limpalaër, Gene Mallory, John Tucker, Alexander Medvedev, Michel Jolivet, Bill Fenzan and Henny van Vilsteren at this time - with apologies to those we have omitted from this brief list!!

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

1) If you the viewer have or wish to make images of Conus specimens which are better or significantly different from the images presented below we would be VERY glad to receive them - the more the merrier!! The primary charm of the Conidae is their almost infinite variation, so the more of it we can show here, the better.

Sincerely yours,

Paul Kersten

Conus abbas Hwass 1792 - Abbas Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: South East India to Bali
Maximum size: 91,5 mm

Conus abbas Hwass 1792...63mm...Sri Lanka   (Image Schooner)
Conus abbas Hwass 1792...61 to 63 mm...Indonesia   (Image Schooner)
Conus abbas Hwass 1792...53 mm...Sri Lanka   (Image Schooner)

Conus abbotti Clench 1942 - Form of Conus jucundus Sowerby I   (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   (Specimen from the USNM collection)
- The validity and specific assignment are disputed. Petuch: a high spired member of the cardinalis complex; Filmer: a synonym (juvenile) of Conus brasiliensis Clench 1942; which may be a subspecies of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865; Renata Gomes (2004): a synonym (form) of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865; according to J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)) this is almost certainly a form of Conus ziczac Mühlfeld 1816; description based on a juvenile specimen of the latter; Renata Gomez shares this opinion.

Distribution: Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil
Maximum size: 12 mm

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

Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791  (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791   different patterns  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus achatinus Gmelin 1791...46 and 49.5mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)

Conus aculeiformis Reeve 1843 - Spindle Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus delicatus Schepman 1913) - Synonym. Seems to have been described from a juvenile specimen.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 53.8 mm

(Conus acuminatus Hwass 1792) - synonym of Conus locumtenens Blumenbach 1791; See there for note and info.

Conus acutangulus Lamarck 1810 - Sharp Angled Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus gemmulatus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1870)  - Synonym.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus acutangulus Lamarck 1810  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus acutangulus Lamarck 1810...23mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)

Conus acutangulus f. turriculatus Sowerby 1866   )
- A form with a relatively higher spire; regarded as a synonym by Filmer.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 46 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_11574.html
The one on the top is Conus beatrix Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro 2006

Conus acutimarginatus Sowerby 1866  (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a valid species; Tucker: a synonym ofConus jaspideus

Distribution: Venezuela
Maximum size: 20 mm

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

(Conus adami Wils 1988) - synonym of Conus trigonus Reeve 1848; See there.

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

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

Conus adamsonii Broderip 1836  (Image A. Pina)

Conus adamsonii Broderip 1836  (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus adamsonii Broderip 1836   (Image Alexander Medvedev)

(Conus adansonii Lamark, 1810) - synonym of Conus guinaicus Hwass 1792; See there.

Conus adenensis Smith 1891 is a subspecies of Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843; See there.

Conus aemulus Reeve 1844   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 51 mm

Conus aemulus Reeve 1844   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus aemulus Reeve 1844...38mm...Angola   (Image Schooner)

Conus africanus Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus africanus Kiener 1849  (Image Carlos Afonso)
Conus africanus Kiener 1849  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus africanus Kiener 1849  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus africanus Kiener 1849  (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

Conus alainallaryi Bozzetti & Monnier 2009   (Image Eric Monnier)
Profile conical, spire low with straight outline, shoulder subangulate, body whorl straight on right side of apertural view, slightly sigmoid at left side. Protoconch not analysable due to erosion, teleoconch of 7 straight whorls, sometime moderately turretted on last whorls, suture well impressed; subsutural ramp sculptured by thick, feeble spiral grooves and thick, stronger radial growth striae. Aperture uniformly narrow, moderately expanded at the anterior sinus, body whorl surface covered by spiral, sligthly wavy scattered striae with secondary cordlets in the interspaces and thick axial growth striae, 9-11 spiral cords on the basal area and siphonal fasciole. Background colour deep orange with a wide, light grey/withish spiral band in the central area, irregularly bordered by brown flammulae/blotches, 2 similar, but feebler bands under the shoulder and at the base. Spiral lines of brownish dots concentrated on the central band and oddly on the remainder of body whorl walls. Apex and first teleoconch ramp whitish, following ones with articulate pattern of white and orange or brown blotches, radial, thin, opisthocyrt, orange or brown lines on last three teleoconch whorls. Inside of outer lip light orange, inside of aperture lilac-violet with lighter spiral bands corresponding to external ones.

Distribution: Isla Tortuguilla, Colombia
Maximum size: 36.90 mm

Conus albonerosa Garrard 1966 - considered a full species by Coomans et al. (1979), and by most others a form of Conus quercinus Lightfoot 1786; See there for more photos & info.

Conus albuquerquei Trovão 1978  - Albuquerquei Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: about 17 mm

Conus albuquerquei Trovão 1978  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus albuquerquei Trovão 1978  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus albuquerquei Trovão 1978  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus alconelli Da Motta, 1986    (Image Paul Kersten)

In R., K. & Kohn regarded as junior synonym of Conus martensi Smith 1884; See there. Tenorio & Monteiro regard it as valid in their new Iconography of South African Cones; Mike Filmer regards it as valid

Distribution: E. Africa - Oman; Mascarenes
Maximum size: 78 mm

Conus alaexandrei Limpalaër & Monnier 2012   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Western Pacific, Philippines
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus alexandrei Limpelaër & Monnier 2012  (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

Conus algoensis Sowerby 1834  (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus algoensis agulhasi Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1980  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form; almost uniform violet often with a coloured band just beneath the shoulder.

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 26 mm

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

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

Conus algoensis scitulus Reeve 1849  (Image Paul Kersten)
-A subspecies; compare with simplex Sowerby. Smaller.

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)
- A subspecies; compare with scitulus Reeve; Bigger for certain!

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)
- Small low biconic shell, slightly pyriform, fragile; protoconch pointed and shiny; whorls slightly stepped; spire slightly convex; body whorl slightly pyriform with about 11 spiral whorls at base; sculpture smooth with hardly visible striae; lip thin; aperture white; colour light violet grey with spiral rows of very fine brown spots; some smaller white blotches on upper part; some specimens yellow;

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 28 mm

Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995   PARATYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)
Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995   (Image Alexander Medvedev)
Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus alisi Moolenbeek Röckel & Richard 1995    A beautiful granulose specimen  (Image Eric Monnier)

Conus allaryi Bozzetti 2008   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A broadly ventricosely conical shell, sometimes approaching broadly ovate, spire of moderate height with moderately sigmoid outline, shoulder subangulate, body whorl straight on right side of apertural view, concave 1/3 anterior and convex superiorly on left side; protoconch dome shaped; aperture narrow, slightly expanded at the anterior sinus, suture incised, subsutural ramp sculptured by 6-8 spiral grooves and thick radial growth striae; surface of the body whorl covered by spiral cordlets and thick axial growth striae; background color white with a light grey spiral band in the central area, body whorl covered by axially elongated brown flammules, irregularly joined and alternately forming discontinuous spiral bands under the shoulder and the central position; color uniformly brown with scarse white blotches on the base; first teleoconch ramps lilac-grey following ones white with radial evenly spaced blotches; protoconch white; inside of the aperture lilac-grey with white spiral bands at the posterior end and under the central area.
This could be a colour form of Conus bulbus Reeve, 1843.

Distribution: Benguela, Angola
Maximum size: 30+ mm

Conus allaryi Bozzetti 2008   (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus altispiratus Sowerby III 1873  HOLOTYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)
- According to Filmer a synonym (colour form) of Conus mozambicus Hwass, 1792

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 90.6 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 Paul Kersten)

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

Conus amadis Gmelin 1791   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...78 to 86 mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...75 to 85 mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...74 &77 mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...71 to 79 mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...70 mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis Gmelin 1791...57 mm...India   (Image Schooner)

Conus amadis f. aurantia Dautzenberg, 1937  (Image Paul Kersten)

- Color form only: refers to the striking yellow/orange-yellow colour variant, which occurs in most populations of the species.

Conus amadis castaneofasciata Dautzenberg 1937  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies with bigger blotches and a straight outline.

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 91.9 mm

Conus amadis castaneofasciata Dautzenberg 1937...64mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis castaneofasciata Dautzenberg 1937...61mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)


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

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

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

Conus amadis form called "schech"   ( Image Paul Kersten)
- This distinctive form or subspecies (it has a very limited range) is often called "schech" which is not correct since schech is a synonym of Conus locumtenens Blumenbach 1791 This is an unusual, endemic form with very little variability (see pictures) - and the pattern does not intergrade with other amadis forms.

Distribution: W. Thailand
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus amadis f. schech   (Paul Kersten)
Conus amadis f. schech ...62mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis f. schech ...60mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus amadis f. schech ...55mm ...India   (Image Schooner)

Conus ambiguus Reeve 1844 - Ambiguous Cone   NEOTYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)

(Conus gernanti Petuch 1975) - junior synonym.

Distribution: Senegal Gambia
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus ambiguus Reeve 1844 - Ambiguous Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus gernanti Petuch 1975) - junior synonym.
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 Linnaeus 1758...80 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linnaeus 1758...67.5 mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linnaeus 1758...61 to 68 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linnaeus 1758...49 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis Linnaeus 1758...44 to 46 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus ammiralis f. architalassus Lightfoot 1786  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A granulose form

Distribution: Indonesia; Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 60 mm

? Conus ammiralis blainvillii Vignard 1829   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies according to Filmer; a synonym according to RKK.

Distribution: Mozambique

? Conus ammiralis pseudocedonulli Blainville 1818  (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to RKK and Coomans a subspecies (see distribution); according to Filmer a form or synonym; usually quite granulated and rather darkly patterned.

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

Conus ammiralis pseudocedonulli Blainville 1818  (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)

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

? Conus (Leptoconus) ammiralis f. temnes (Iredale 1930)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often considered a synonym since it cannot be easily separated from the nominative form; shells from deeper water.

Distribution: Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 85 mm

Conus ammiralis f. temnes Iredale 1930...57 mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)
Conus ammiralis f. temnes Iredale 1930...45 and 51 mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)

Conus amphiurgus Dall 1889  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Caribbean: South USA, Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Colombia, Puerto Rico & Jamaica
Maximum size: 47 mm

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

Conus amphiurgus Dall 1889   (Image John Tucker, Illinois Natural History Survey)
Conus amphiurgus Dall 1889   (Image John Tucker, Illinois Natural History Survey)

Conus amphiurgus f. juliae Clench 1942 - Julia Clench's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer only a synonym of amphiurgus, although most others disagree: colour reddish-orange to dull yellow, white band, interrupted with brownish dots, sometimes lacking; body overlaid with fine dotted spiral lines; spire medium high with straight sides -

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

Conus amphiurgus juliae Clench 1942  (Image Dreamshells)
Conus amphiurgus juliae Clench 1942  (Image Dreamshells)

Conus anabathrum Crosse, 1865  (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus floridanus Gabb 1869) - junior synonym.

Distribution: Florida
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865...37mm...Florida. (Image Schooner)

Conus anabathrum antoni Cargile 2011
Some authors believe this a junior synonym of Conus anabathrum tranthami

Conus anabathrum f. burryae Clench 1942 - Mrs. Burry's Cone (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- A good form; very elongate; color is clear brown; spire: alternate white lines with darker brown lines. On body whorl very thin parallel brown lines; color of the body whorl may vary from very clear brown to darker brown; occasionally a white blotch on the middle of the body whorl.

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

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

Conus anabathrum f. floridensis Sowerby 1870...34 to 39mm...Florida   (Image Schooner)
- A highly coloured variety; maybe only a synonym (Filmer).

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

Conus anabathrum f. patglicksteinae Petuch, E.J., 1987  (Image courtesy of Alan Kohn)
- Originally described as a subspecies of Conus floridanus Gabb 1869. Often considered a form of Conus aureolus Sowerby II 1858 which is possibly a synonym of Conus anabathrum Crosse; an almost flattened spire; almost solid orange-pink; large radiation, interconnected spire flammules.

Distribution: Florida, USA
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus anabathrum f. philippii Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded by Filmer as a full species.

Distribution: Florida
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus anabathrum tortuganus Petuch & Sargent 2011
Description somewhat later published than that of Conus anabathrum antoni and so a junior synonym of the latter; apparently both are junior synonyms of Conus anabathrum tranthami

Conus (Leptoconus) anabathrum f. tranthami Petuch 1995 - Florida Cone  Image needed!!!
- A synonym or form according to Filmer; described as a subspecies by Petuch: smaller than its congeners, stockier, less elongated and distinctly pyriform with a much more elongated and projecting protoconch.

Distribution: Northern Florida: Pickles Reef, off Plantation Key
Maximum size: 21.5 mm

Conus anabelae Rolán & Röckel 2001 - Anabel's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: about 20 mm

Conus anabelae Rolán & Röckel 2001   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus anabelae Rolán & Röckel 2001   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus anaglypticus Crosse 1865 (same image as on gastropods.com)
(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Caribbean: Antilles
Maximum size: 17 mm

Conus anceps A. Adams 1854 - form of Conus consors Sowerby 1833; See there.   (Image from Gene Mallor's site)

Conus andamanensis Smith 1878    Holotype  (Image from Mike Filmer)

Distribution: Andaman Sea
Maximum size: 41.2 mm

Conus andamanensis Smith 1878    (Image Paul Kersten)
Currently this kind of shells is sold as Conus andamanensis

Conus andremenezi  Olivera & Biggs 2010   (Image Paul Kersten)
A species in the Conus praecellens-complex

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 53 mm

Conus anemone Lamarck 1810 - Anemone Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A highly variably species.

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 53 mm

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

Conus anemone "atractus" Rockel, 1995 (which would seem to be pre-occupied by Conus 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; relatively high spired, pale brown without a pattern.

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

Distribution: Tasmania to Ceduna (S. Australia)
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus anenome f. carmeli Tenison-Woods 1877   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus anemone f. carmeli Tenison-Woods 1877...42mm...S. Australia   (Image Schooner)
Conus anemone f. carmeli Tenison-Woods 1877...47.2mm...S. Australia   (Image Schooner)

(Conus anemone f. fusiformis Lamarck, 1810) - Replaced by Conus anemone "atractus" Tomlin, 1937 above.

Conus anemone f. maculosus Sowerby I, 1833
- Considered by Röckel et al to be a legitimate color and form variant. Filmer regards it as a synonym. Need information and images needed also.

? Conus anemone f. novaehollandiae A. Adams 1854   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies according to Filmer; a form according to RKK low spired form.

Distribution: West Australia
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus anemone f. novaehollandiae A. Adams 1854   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus (Floraconus) anemone f. peronianus (Iredale 1931)  (Image Paul Kersten)
- An ecological variant, very big form with a relatively low spire and often more brightly coloured.

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

Conus anemone f. peronianus Iredale 1931  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus anemone f. peronianus Iredale 1931  (Image Alexander Medvedev)

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

Conus anemone f. remo Brazier 1898  (Image Alexander Medvedev)
- Color variant, "splashed with bright orange" .

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 f. roseotinctus Sowerby II, 1866)
- Sometimes considered a form, but according to Röckel et al, based on a juvenile specimen, along with flindersi Brazier, 1898 and comptus Adams, 1854 -

?? Conus (Floraconus) anemone f. saundersi (Cotton 1945) (Image Schooner)
- Validity in debate: A synonym according to Filmer: Anemone is an extremely variable species. Perhaps the same variant as maculosus Sowerby, above.

Distribution: York Peninsula South Australia
Maximum size: 57 mm

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

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

Conus (Floraconus) anemone f. singletoni (Cotton 1945) (Image Alexander Medvedev)

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

Conus angasi Tryon 1884 - Angas's Cone (Image from Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Australia
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus angasi Tryon 1884 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

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

Conus angasi f. advertex (Garrard 1961) (Image Paul Kersten)
- The form with a flat spire.

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus angasi f. advertex Garrard 1961  (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)
Conus angasi f. advertex Garrard 1961...38mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)
Conus angasi f. advertex Garrard 1961...33 - 34mm...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 anosyensis Bozzetti 2008    Holotype  (Image Luigi Bozzetti)
According to Filmer probably a synonym of Conus pennaceus Born, 1778
Last whorl widely conical, solid, spire low with straight or slightly concave outline, shoulder subangulate; protoconch of the holotype of about 2 1/2 whorls but eroded, teleoconch of 7 flat whorls, 4-5 little spiral ribs on subsutural ramp, tubercled and waved on first 3 whorls of teleoconch, than smooth; thick radical growth streaks; aperture narrow, larger at base, surface of last whorl covered with little spiral ribs, wide and raised at base, that fade progressively adapically and vanish near the shoulder, weak axial growth streaks; grey-lilac colour on the last whorl, little sporadic white dots irregularly distributed mainly on the front half, subsutural ramp of last 4 whorls of teleoconch and shoulder of the last whorl covered with alternate elongated brown and little white spots, protoconch and first whorls of teleoconch white, aperture and inner lip blue-lilac, a vertical band on the inner face of the outer lip. This species was compared with Conus carnalis from Angola but not with Conus balteatus or Conus rattus.

Distribution: Antsotso, SE Madagascar
Maximum size: 41,75 mm

? Conus (Africonus) anthonyi (Petuch 1975) - Anthony's Cone   (Image Manuel Tenorio)
-The validity of this species is questioned by some. So is the ID of the specimen on the picture.

Distribution: Cape Verde Islands
Maximum size: 11 mm

Conus antoniomonteiroi Rolán 1990 - Antonio Monteiro Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus antoniomonteiroi Rolán 1990 - A close-up  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus antoniomonteiroi Rolán 1990  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

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)

Conus aplustre Reeve 1843 - Back-end Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus aplustre Reeve 1843 ..... unusual colour form   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus apogrammatus Dall 1910 - form of Conus princeps Linnaeus 1758; See there.

Conus araneosus Lightfoot 1786  (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus araneosus Lightfoot 1786  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies, with wider "tents" -

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

Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass 1792  (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass 1792...75 mm...Nicobar Isl. (Image Schooner)

Conus arangoi Sarasúa 1977  (Image Paul Kersten)
Body whorl with spiral lines; shoulder with small nodules; spire whorls with one or a few spiral lines, crossed by fine growth lines; colour yellowish, sometimes rose, base white; last whorl with three bands of irregular orange dots, one band below the shoulder, one below the middle, and one at the base; between these bands interrupted spiral lines of orange may be present; spire the same colour; According to Tucker: synonym of Conus jucundus Sowerby III 1887

Distribution: Cuba
Maximum size: 45 mm

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+arangoi+Sarasua%2C+1977 ? Conus arangoi Sarasúa 1977  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site - same image as on gastropods.com)

?? Conus aratispira Pilsbry, 1894.

According to Callomon, 2000, Venus 59: 59-60, it is a senior synonym of Conus (Leptoconus) kawamurai (Habe 1962)  (Image Schooner). However, the question remains: has an application the ICZN been made to formally change the designation? Pending the answer to this question, we will leave things as they are for now.

Conus arbornatalis Da Motta 1874 - ecological form of Conus castaneofasciata Dautzenberg 1937    

? Conus archetypus Crosse 1865 - Type specimen.
(Specimen from Geneva; Image J. Tucker)
- Should be renamed according to J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)): Conus zizac Mühlfeld 1816; For info on this taxa, see there.

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

Conus archetypus Crosse 1865 - Type specimen -  (Specimen from Geneva; Image J. Tucker)
Conus archetypus Crosse 1865  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus archetypus Crosse 1865  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies perhaps. Smooth. Variable in color from orange to black. Pattern variable, but with a less distinct central band - bertarollae for example, almost always has a very distinct central white band, while this is seldom the case for beddomei; according to Renata Gomes (thesis 2004) a synonym of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865

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

Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901 - Type specimen ( Shell in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Image J. Tucker)
Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus archetypus beddomei Sowerby II 1901  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus archetypus f. bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997  (Image Paul Kersten)
- an offshore eco-variant. Nearly always bright orange, with white coronations on the shoulders. Moderately corded; according to Renata Gomes a synonym (thesis 2004)

Distribution: Brazil - reportedly from offshore seamounts.
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus archetypus f. bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997...21.5mm...Brazil  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus archetypus brasiliensis Clench 1942  - Type specimen  (Specimen from the collection of Museum of Comparative Zoology; Image J. Tucker)

- A subspecies; highly variable Brazilian endemic - pattern and colour vary MUCH more than other forms of archetypus ; Renata Gomes (2004)regards it as a form of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 32,6 mm

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

Conus archon Broderip 1833 - Magistrate Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire concave, low or medium high; ground colour white; body colour brown forming irregular flammules, bands and blotches.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific
Maximum size: 98 mm

Conus archon Broderip 1833...59mm...Costa Rica   (Image Schooner)
Conus archon Broderip 1833...43mm...Tropical West America   (Image Schooner)
Conus archon Broderip 1833   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus arcuatus Sowerby 1829 - Arched Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- High spired, shoulder angular; spire with parse brown blotches; last whorl with grooves; body colour white with more or less sparse brown blotches forming most often one or two bands, between the bands irregular blotches too.

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 53 mm

Conus arcuatus Broderip & Sowerby 1829   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus ardisiaceus Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus ardisiaceus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus arenatus Hwass 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   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus arenatus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus arenatus Hwass 1792...45 & 44mm...India   (Image Schooner)

Conus arenatus f. aequipunctatus Dautzenberg 1937   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form or possible subspecies from the Red Sea with most often three bands, wider messed dots.

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 47 mm

Conus arenatus f. bizona Coomans Moolenbeek & E.Wils 1981 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A weak form with two bands -   

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus arenatus f. granulosa Dautzenberg 1937   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A granulated form living sympatrically with the nominate form.

Distribution: Indonesia and Philippines
Maximum size: 41 mm

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

Conus (Asprella) armadillo (Shikama 1971) - Armadillo Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus armadillo Shikama 1971   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus armadillo Shikama 1971...71 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus armadillo Shikama 1971...68 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus armadillo Shikama 1971...65+mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner).
Conus armadillo Shikama 1971...65 mm...  (Image Schooner)

Conus armiger Crosse 1858 - Armored Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Nodules are usually well developed at the spire; body whorl has pustulate ridges and sulci; almost no colouration but if present limited to spiral rows of small brown spots associated with the ridges; spire has brown crescent shaped markings that reach from suture to shoulder angle and are regular spaced (Info Pers. Comm. (Kersten) J. Tucker)

Conus armiger Crosse 1858   (Image Dream Shells)

(Conus crenulatus Kiener, 1845) - synonym
(Conus frisbeyae Clench & Pulley, 1952) - synonym

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 bajanensis Nowell-Usticke 1968  (Image Mike Filmer)
- Conus bajanensis Nowell-Usticke is considered by some (Tenorio, Filmer) a Southern subspecies of armiger Crosse, but see main entry for info.

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

- A form

Distribution: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Tabasco
Maximum size: 36 mm

Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873 (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus (Endemoconus) nadaensis (Azuma & Toki 1970)) - A synonym of Conus tosaensis Shikama 1970, below.

(Conus (Pionoconus) tosaensis (Shikama 1970)) - A synonym or possible form (Filmer); the holotype was dead collected; a very large specimen of articulatus Sowerby III 1873.

Distribution: E. Africa to W. Thailand, Japan to Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 30,2 mm

Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873   Whitish form (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873   Purple specimen (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873   Yellow specimen (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus articulatus Sowerby 1873   Red specimen (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus articulatus f. lombei Sowerby III 1881  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- At most a colour form with a reddish brown pattern.

Distribution: Japan
Maximum size: 24 mm

Conus artoptus Sowerby 1833 - Tender Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus artoptus Sowerby 1833 (ventrum) (Doug Thorn) 52.7mm (record)
Conus artoptus Sowerby 1833   (Image Alexander Medvedev)
Conus artoptus Sowerby 1833   (Image Michel Jolivet)

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 Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies: different geographical distribution; last whorl with sparse brown dots and axial streaks aranged in 1-2 spiral bands.

Distribution: SW India
Maximum size : 43 mm

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

Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sal Island Cape Verde
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...43mm...Brown form...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845   Albino   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...41mm   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...37mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...36 to 38mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845...36 34mm....Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus ateralbus Kiener 1845   Yellow form (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus athenae Filmer 2011 - Atthena's cone   (Image Mike Filmer)

Distribution: Hawaii

Maximum size: 22.65 mm

Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844 - Attenuated Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844...32mm...Curaçao   (Image Schooner)
Conus attenuatus Reeve 1844...Albinistic: very light color....Curaçao   (Image Schooner)

Conus attenuatus f. ustickei Miller 1859...  (Image Schooner)
- A form with a broader body whorl; spire low to medium; spire whorl with fine growth lines, sides are flat appearing smooth although very delicate spiral lines; colour usually bright orange-red, occasionally dull orange-yellow, rarely pale yellow; always a white central band, another at the top.

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

Conus atlanticoselvagem Afonso & Tenorio 2004   (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- According to Filmer a valid species or possibly a synonym (colour form) of Conus venulatus Hwass, 1792

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

Conus atlanticoselvagem Afonso & Tenorio 2004    (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus atractus Tomlin 1937)
-A synonym of Conus compressus Sowerby 1866

Conus augur [Lightfoot 1786] - Augur Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus augur Lightfoot 1786 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...60mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...57mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...55mm...Madagascar   (Image Schooner)
Conus augur Lightfoot 1786...49mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)

Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758 - Princely Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus auratus Hwass 1792) - A synonym.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 170 mm

Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758...142.5mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758...133mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758...120 - 121mm......Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758...113 and 114.5mm......Philippines   (Image Schooner)

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

? Conus aulicus f. gracianus Da Motta & Blöcher 1982    (Image Paul Kersten)
? Conus aulicus f. gracianus Da Motta & Blöcher 1982   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A dwarf local form or subspecies; or possibly a valid species.

Distribution: Madagascar
Maximum size: 60mm

Conus aulicus f. propenudus Melvill 1900  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form with a reduced brown network pattern.

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 150 mm

Conus aurantius Hwass 1792 - Golden Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire stepped and nodose, medium high to high and straight sided; irregular patches of colour on the spire with faint brown radial lines; body whorl with almost straight sides; body sculpture with fine beaded spirals; colour creamy white with patches of rich chestnut brown, sometimes almost black or orangish, usually covering a major portion of body whorl, except a few white patches.

Distribution: Caribbean: ABC Islands: Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire
Maximum size: 73,5mm

Conus aurantius Hwass 1792   (Image from Paul Kersten)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...56.5mm...Curaçao   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...53mm...Curaçao   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...50mm...Curaçao   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...42mm......Curaçao   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...41.5mm...Curaçao   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurantius Hwass 1792...36mm......Curaçao   (Image Schooner)

Conus auratinus da Motta 1982  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Tuamotu Society and Marshall Islands, Philippines, Vanuatu, Solomon Is.
Maximum size: 119 mm

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

?? Conus aureolus Sowerby, G.B. II, 1858  (Image from Eddy Hardy's site)
- Disputed: Often regarded as synonymous with Conus anabathrum Crosse 1858.

Distribution: Florida, USA
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus aureolus f. patglicksteinae Petuch, E.J., 1987  (Image courtesy of Alan Kohn)
- An almost flattened spire form; almost solid orange-pink; large radiation, interconnected spire flammules.

Distribution: Florida, USA
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus aureonimbosus Petuch 1987 - Golden Cloud Cone   (Image Alan Kohn)
- Thin fragile shell, slender and elongated; body whorl highly polished; numerous fine spiral cords; shoulder sharp; spire low; protoconch needle-like; sheel colour pale cream-yellow overlaid with large flammules of bright gold-yellow; midbody with white band containing rows of pale tan dots and dashes; spire whorls white with dark orange and tan flammules; protoconch yellow; aperture white; Regarded by Filmer as a form or synonym of Conus anabathrum Crosse 1858

Distribution: W. Florida, USA
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus aureopunctatus Petuch 1987   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Turnip-shaped wide body and constriction around anterior one-third; distinct anterior canal; shell shiny, polished; shoulder sharply carinated; spire elevated, scalariform; anterior one third of shell ornamented with 10 thick, raised spirals cords, seperated by deeply-incised sulci; base color of shell white, smooth portion of body whorl with 4 rows of pale yellow-orange dots; spiral cords on orange flammules ; aperture white; regarded by Filmer as a valid species or possibly form of Conus largillierti Kiener 1845 and by Tucker as a form of Conus philippii Kiener 1845

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 1792 - Aureus Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl narrowly cylindrical to cylindrical, ventricosely conical or ovate; larval whorls white; aperture white.

Distribution: Japan to Philippines to Queensland and New Caledonia and Tuamotu; Madagascar
Maximum size: 72,5 mm

Conus aureus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus aureus Hwass 1792...60mm....Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus aureus Hwass 1792...52mm......Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus aureus paulucciae Sowerby III 1877 - Paulucci's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies although some believe it could be a valid species since there are specimens of aureus known from Madagascar; last whorl usually narrowly conoid-cylindrical to conoid-cylindrical apex cream to pink; aperture white to light pink.

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

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 1792 - Gold Leaf Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus auricomus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus auricomus Hwass 1792...46.5mm......Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus auricomus Hwass 1792...39mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus auricomus Hwass 1792...27mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758 - Aurisiacus Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Mollucas, Sulawesi, Timor Sea, S. Philippines
Maximum size: 95.2 mm

Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758...52mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758...51mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758...51mm...Philippines   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758...45mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus 1758 - A white colour form   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus austini Rehder & Abbott 1951) - synonym of Conus cancellatus Hwass 1792; See there.

Conus australis Holten 1802 - Austral Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus duplicatus Sowerby G.B. I 1823) - A synonym.

Distribution: Japan, China Sea, Philippines, Vietnam, India, W. Thailand (but not Australia.....)
Maximum size: 107 mm

Conus australis Holten 1802   a form without almost any pattern  (Paul Kersten)
Conus australis Holten 1802 so called duplicatus form   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus australis Holten 1802...84 - 86mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...82mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus australis Holten 1802...81 - 87mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus (Asprella) australis gabryae Korn & Röckel 1992  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded as a valid species by Filmer. In Röckel, Korn & Kohn as a subspecies -
Smaller than Conus australis Holten 1802; last whorl ventricosely conical to ovate (australis: narrowly conoid cylindrical to ventricosely conical); last whorl often with elongate axial lines.

Distribution: Solomon Isands
Maximum size: 63 mm

Conus (Asprella) australis gabryae Korn & Röckel 1992  (Image from Gene Mallory'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 Paul Kersten)

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

Conus axelrodi Walls 1978   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus axelrodi Walls 1978   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus babaensis Rolán & Röckel 2001 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: About 35 mm

Conus babaensis Rolán & Röckel 2001 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site - (same image as on gastropods.com)
Conus babaensis Rolán & Röckel 2001 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus babaensis Rolán & Röckel 2001 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus baccatus Sowerby 1877   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Panama, Caribbean
Maximum size: 29 mm

Conus baccatus Sowerby 1877...22.5mm...Panama   (Image Schooner)
Conus baccatus Sowerby 1877  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus baeri Röckel & Korn 1992 - Baer's cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: S. Mozambique
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus baeri Röckel & Korn 1992   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus baeri Röckel & Korn 1992   (Image from Gene Mallory's site)

Conus bahamensis Vink & Röckel 1995 - Bahamas Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Last whorl pyriform, slightly stepped spire; outline concave; last whorl smooth except for 8-10 spiral ribs near base; aperture narrow; colour yellowish-white, usually with a broad whitish band at centre of last whorl and near shoulder;

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus baiano Coltro 2004  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Status disputed by some; according to M. Filmer a synonym (form)of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865; shoulder of the body whorl smooth; Body whorl slightly convex with 6-8 incised lines on the base; apex pink-white to white; spire with white and brown dots; color body whorl bright red with white marks and brown dotted lines; sometimes dark-purple and white; aperture pink-red on red specimens or purple in purple specimens;

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 32.9 mm

Conus baiano Coltro 2004   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus baileyi Röckel & da Motta 1979 - Bailey's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- The pictured specimen is possibly NOT the species. Almost all pictures on the net show different species!

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

Conus bairstowi Sowerby 1889 - Bairstow's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus bairstowi Sowerby 1889   (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus bajanensis Nowell-Usticke 1968  (Image Mike Filmer)
- considered by some (Tenorio, Filmer) a southern subspecies of Conus armiger Crosse. A small thin bodied cone, strongly pyriform, with a strong spiral sculpture; spire medium concave; body whorl is broad shouldered, tapering down to the base; many strong spiral rows; spire and upper portion light brown fading to the base which is quite white.

Distribution: S. Barbados
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833 - Ring Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus balteatus pigmentatus Adams & Reeve 1848) - A synonym.

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

Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus balteatus Sowerby 1833   Dark specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus (Coronaxis) balteatus f. cernicus Barclay & Adams 1869   (Image Paul Kersten)
- An ecological variant in the Mascarenes; more slender.

Distribution: Mascarene Islands
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus bandanus Hwass 1792 - Banded Marble Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus bandanus Hwass 1792 a form with a brown pattern   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bandanus Hwass 1792    (Image Paul Kersten)

??? Conus cuyoensis Lorenz & Barbier 2012an confused taxa. Described as a subspecies of the valid Conus vidua Reeve 1843; see there

Conus bandanus f. equestris Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour/pattern form; colour bands with larger black brown blotches with white tents of different sizes.

Distribution: Moluccas
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus bandanus f. equestris Hwass 1792 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

bandanus vidua f. mozoii Melvin & Melvin 1980  (Image Paul Kersten)
- mozoii is a nomen nudum: Orange colour morph lives sympatrically with normal patterned shells. Here listed for comparison reasons

bandanus vidua f. mozoii Melvin & Melvin 1980 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

? Conus bandanus f. nigrescens Sowerby 1859   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies according to Filmer; a form in RKK: colour pattern from typical to almost solid black.

Distribution: Solomon Islands, Admirality Islands, Samoa
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus bandanus f. nigrescens Sowerby 1859  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bandanus f. nigrescens Sowerby 1859 - A specimen with the normal bandanus pattern   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bandanus f. vidua Reeve 1843 - Vidua Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a broad blackish brown or sometimes orange spiral band above the centre and another at basal third, network patterns in between.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Philippines

Conus bandanus f. vidua Reeve 1843...64mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus bandanus f. vidua Reeve 1843...48mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus barbieri G. Raybaudi 1995  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Glossy, elongated, cylindrical shell protoconch and early 5 teleconch whorls dull white; aperture bluish white; fine incised spiral threads from shoulder to base; ground colour white or grayish-blue white; most specimens appear brown, some specimens with a tented pattern.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus barbieri Raybaudi 1995   Special color forms (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 - Barthelemy's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861...70mm....Réunion   (Image Schooner)
Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861...63mm...Réunion   (Image Schooner)
Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861  (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus barthelemyi Bernardi 1861...54mm...Indian Ocean   (Image Schooner)

Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong 1949 - Bartsch's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire conical to convex; last whorl with large brown blotches and smaller ones, arranged in interrupted spiral bands; pronounced nodules on the shoulder, spire white -

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong 1949   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus bartschi Hanna & Strong 1949   (Image Paul Kersten)

??? Conus batheon Sturany 1904 - an extremely confused taxa. Seems to be a synonym of >Conus grangeri Sowerby III 1900, a species only found in the Red Sea and off eastern Sri Lanka. See for more comments from Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet 2008 also the Conus grangeri entrance! Purported specimens from the Philippines are usually Conus rolani Röckel 1986, and sometimes Conus sulcatus Hwass 1792

Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872 - Bayan's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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 flat spired specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...67mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...65mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...63mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus bayani Jousseaume 1872...57mm...India   (Image Schooner)

Conus bayeri Petuch 1987 (Image Paul Kersten)

- A low spire; slender; body whorl smooth with 10 incised sulci around anterior tip; shoulder sharp-angled, carinated; shell colour white with 6 wide spiral bands with pale-yellow-tan vertical lines; clear band around mid-body; anterior tip white; spire whorls with scattered pale-yellow flammules; aperture white;

Distribution: Colombia
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus bayeri Petuch 1987 (Image Mike Filmer)

Conus beatrix Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro 2007   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded by Filmer as a subspecies of Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1853

Distribution: Aliguay, Philippines
Maximum size: 40,13 mm

Conus beatrix Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro 2007  (Image Guido Poppe)

Conus beddomei Sowerby II 1901 - A subspecies of Conus archetypus Crosse, 1865. See there; According to J. Tucker Pers. (Comm.) it should be renamed: Conus ziczac Mühlfeld 1816; See there.

Conus behelokensis Lauer 1989 - form of C. pennaceus Born 1778; See there.

Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989  (Image Paul Kersten)
- One specimen from the type locality.

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus belairensis variations   ( Image from Gene Mallory's site)
Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989....25 to 30mm...Senegal   (Image Schooner)
Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989One mostly olive green the other orange brown with white cuneiform markings (Image Schooner)
Conus belairensis Pin & Leung-Tack 1989   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus belizeanus Petuch & Sargent 2011  
Shiny and polioshed, ornamented with 10-12 large, prominent, widely-spaced spiral cords on posterior two-thirds; anterior one-third ornamented with 13-15 closely-packed large spiral cords; cords around posterior two-thirds distinctly beaded; cords around anterior one-third smooth or only faintly beaded; color uniform bright orange-red overlaid by prominent wide white band and small brown flammules and dots around mid-body; second white band sometimes present below shoulder

Distribution: Southeast Cay, Glover's Atoll, Belizean Atolls, Belize
Maximum size: 16.42 mm

Conus bellocqae Van Rossum 1996   HOLOTYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)
- Considered by Filmer and Tucker to be a form of Conus ambiguus Reeve, 1844.

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

Conus bellocqae Van Rossum 1996   PARATYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)
Conus bellocqae Van Rossum 1996   PARATYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)

Conus bellulus Rolán 1990 - Holotype  (Image Manuel Tenorio)

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

Conus bellulus Rolán 1990  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus bengalensis (Okutani 1968) - Glory of Bengal Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, S.E. India
Maximum size: 154mm

Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968 - broad orange variety    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...118mm...Bay of Bengal, Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...112mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...108mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus bengalensis Okutani 1968...106.5mm...India   (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 berdulinus Veillard 1972   (Image Michel Jolivet)

? Conus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Possibly a form of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865 which is acc. to Tucker Conus ziczac

Distribution: E. Brazil
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997...20 - 21.5mm...Brazil   (Image Schooner)
Conus bertarollae Costa & Simone 1997   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus bessei Petuch 1992 - Type specimen. (Shell from the collection of the Carnegie Museum;  Photo by Museum staff)

- Small shell, stocky, broad; shoulder sharply angled; spire flattened; anterior tip of shell with large spiral cords; color white overlaid with 2 wide bands of bright red-orrange flammules, one above mid-body and one below; white areas below shoulder and around mid-body overlaid with rows of tiny orange-brown dots; spire whorls white with reddish-brown flammules; early whorls bright pink; aperture white; anterior tip of shell with large very pale orange-red flammules; According to Filmer: valid species: According to Tucker: synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792

Distribution: Nicaragua and Honduras
Maximum size: 15 mm

Conus bessei Petuch 1992   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758 - Beech Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 177 mm

Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758...127mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758   A white specimen  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758...112mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758...99mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus betulinus Linnaeus 1758...95mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus betulinus rufoluteus Bozzetti & Ferrario 2005   (Image Briano - Latiaxis s.r.l.)
- Described as a subspecies; Filmer agrees; others believe it is a synonym (colour form)

Conus betulinus f. zulu Petuch 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often regarded as a colour form, but with a less conical last whorl, a steeper shoulder ramp and a consistently fine pattern, darker.

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

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

??Conus biancae Bozzetti 2010 - Bianca's Cone   Holotype  (Image Luigi Bozzetti)
This could be an albinistic specimen of Conus textile L., 1758

Distribution: South Eastern Madagascar
Maximum size: 42,50 mm

A HREF="biancaeparatype.jpg" target="_blank">??Conus biancae Bozzetti 2010 - Bianca's Cone   Holotype  (Image Luigi Bozzetti)

Conus biliosus (Röding 1798) - Bilious Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus biliosus Röding 1798 (ventrum)....47.5mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus biliosus Röding 1798   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Philippine form called "neoroseus"


Conus biliosus meyeri Walls 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A synonym (form) according to Filmer; RKK regard it as a variation too

Distribution: South Africa, Madagascar
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus biliosus meyeri Walls 1979   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus biliosus neoroseus Da Motta 1993   (Image Paul Kersten)
- The Philippinian form; Filmer: a synonym of Conus parvulus Link 1807 which is a synonym of Conus biliosus Röding 1798

Conus binghamae (Petuch 1987)   (Image Alan Kohn)
- Seen by Filmer as a valid species now

Distribution: Florida
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus (Leptoconus) biraghii (Raybaudi Massilia G. 1993)   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size: 11,5 mm

Conus (Leptoconus) biraghii (Raybaudi Massilia G. 1993)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus (Leptoconus) biraghii congruens (Korn & G. Raybaudi M. 1993)  PARATYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)
- A subspecies; similar colour pattern.

Distribution: Djibouti
Maximum size: 11 mm

Conus (Leptoconus) biraghii omanensis (Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993)    (Image from the description of Conus korni)
- A subspecies; similar colour & pattern.

Distribution: Oman
Maximum size: 11 mm

Conus (Leptoconus) biraghii omanensis (Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993)    (Image Loïc Limpelaër)
Conus (Leptoconus) biraghii omanensis (Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993)    (Image Zonatus)

??? Conus blanfordianus H. Crosse 1867  (Image Paul Kersten)
There seem to be two distinct forms considered to be this species (see pictures)! Much confusion between blanfordianus-zapatosensis.The former is larger and much more rounded in shape. It has a less angulate shoulder and a lower spire. It has paler brown spots rather than darker rectangular spots on the body whorl. Despites these differences blanfordianus, zapatosensis, sertacinctus, nahoniaraensis, solomonensis, zebra and stramineus could be considered to be all in the "stramineus complex" (Pers. comm. Mike Filmer, PK)

Distribution: Philippines, New Guinea
Maximum size: 34 mm light-coloured form; 50 mm dark-coloured form

Conus blanfordianus Crosse 1867 Form 1   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus blanfordianus Crosse 1867 Form 2   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes 1990   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: 18 mm

Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes 1990   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes 1990....13mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes 1990   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus bocagei Trovão, 1978   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus bocagei Trovão 1978   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus bocagei Trovão 1978   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bocki Sowerby III 1881 - form of Conus sulcatus Hwass 1792; See there.

?? Conus bodarti Coltro 2004 - Bodart's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Status disputed by some; according to M. Filmer a synonym (form) of Conus mindanus Hwass, 1792; according to Tucker a synonym of Conus iansa Petuch 1979; shoulder roundly angulated and nodulose; body whorl with 12-14 incised lines; apex yellowish smooth; body colour red-brown with grey and white marks; 18-20 spiral cords with interrupted brown and white dots, purple mark on the siphonal canal; white aperture.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 19.2 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 Paul Kersten)

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

Conus boeticus Reeve 1844 - form called nitidus   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus boeticus Reeve 1844...31mm...Fiji   (Image Schooner)
Conus boeticus Reeve 1844...25 to 26mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus boeticus Reeve 1844   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus boeticus f. cerinus Reeve 1848  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with a relatively stout shell with a few spiral rows of dots.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 29 mm

? Conus boeticus empressae Lorenz 2002  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- This could be a valid species. If not, it is a subspecies.

Distribution: Indonesia
Maximum size: 25 mm

??? Conus boeticus f. meleus Sowerby 1913  (Image Paul Kersten) - A white shell with yellow axial blotches. It is probably only a synonym.

Distribution: NW Australia, Philippines
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus boeticus f. nitidus Reeve 1844   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus boeticus f. rivularius Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)
- An entirely granulose form.

Distribution: W. Indian Ocean India - Japan & Fiji Philippines New Guinea
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus boeticus f. ruppellii Reeve 1848   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A dark brown form.

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

Conus boeticus f. ruppellii Reeve 1848   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus boholensis Petuch 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)

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 Paul Kersten)

Distribution: North Somalia
Maximum size: 36mm

Conus bondarevi Röckel & G. Raybaudi Massilia 1992   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus bondarevi Röckel & G. Raybaudi Massilia 1992   (Image Michel Jolivet)

Conus bonfigliolii Bozzetti 2010    Type specimens  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Lavanono, South Madagascar
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus bonfigliolii Bozetti 2010    Type specimens   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus borgesi Trovão 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus borgesi Trovão 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus (Chelyconus) boschi (Clover 1972))

- synonym of Conus melvilli Sowerby 1878; See there.

Conus boschorum Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993   (Image Loic Limpelaër)
- Thin, glossy; protoconch with 1.5 whorls, spire stepped; shoulder sharply angulated; body whorl smooth except lower third which has spiral grooves; spire white with irregular dark brown spots; on the body whorl are several brown spots which continu below the shoulder and are connected to a broader blackish band.

Distribution: Masirah Island, Oman
Maximum size: 13 mm

Conus boschorum Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993   (Image Loïc Limpelaër)
Conus boschorum Moolenbeek & Coomans 1993   (Image Loïc Limpelaër)

Conus (Endemoconus) boucheti Richard 1983   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 39 mm

Conus boucheti Richard 1983 - a close-up  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bougei Sowerby III 1907 - form of Conus exiguus Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus boui da Motta 1988   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A species within the "daucus-complex" valid according to Tucker ;glossy shell with a low spire; sharply carinate shoulder; spire whorls are lightly incised with numerous spiral threads; body whorl smooth but with several ridges at the anterior end; ground colour is golden-brown; spire with white and brown arcuate tessellations; axially-aligned strands of dark-brown from apex to the body whorl; white band in the mid of the body whorl overrunned by these tessellations; sparsely brown spots at the lower part of the body whorl; aperture white with a narrow golden rim on the edge of the outer lip

Distribution Martinique
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus bozzettii Lauer 1991   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Chalky white, light and thin; spire sometimes dotted with brown; body whorl smooth and a bit glossy; at the base 5 to 8 ribs; protoconch pure white with 1.5-2 whorls; a few brown marks at the body whorl.

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size: 65 mm

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

Conus bozzettii Lauer 1991   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus branhamae Clench 1953   
- Regarded by some authors (Tucker and others) as a synonym (form) of Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791

Distribution: Bahamas, Honduras
Maximum size: 28 mm

Conus brianhayesi Korn 2001 - Brian Hayes' Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire rather flat protoconch of about 1.75 whorls, maximum diameter 1.5-1.6 mm; ground color white to cream, base stained with brown or violet brown; basic color & pattern of last whorl composed of brown spiral elements: spiral lines and/or spiral rows of dashes extending from base to shoulder; the spire outline is rather straight to convex.

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus brianhayesi Korn 2001   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus brianhayesi Korn 2001   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus broderipii Reeve 1844 - Broderip's Cone   Holotype

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

Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 38 mm

Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845   (Image Schooner)
Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845   (Image Schooner)
Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bruguieresi Kiener 1845   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

- Conus brunneobandatus Petuch 1992 - subspecies or form of Conus cancellatus Hwass 1792; See there.

Conus brunneofilaris Petuch 1990 - Brown Thread Cone   (Image courtesy Alan Kohn)
- Shell small, elongately conical, thin, fragile; shoulder sharply angled, carinated with stepped whorls; body whorl shiny and polished; aperture narrow; protoconch proportionally large; shell colour bright golden tan with wide mid-body band of large patches and dark brown flammules; anterior tip marked with large white flammules; golden-tan and white base overlaid with about 20 fine hairline, dark brown spiral lines; shoulder and spire white with dark brown flammules aperture white.

Distribution: Panama
Maximum size: 14 mm

Conus brunneofilaris Petuch 1990 - Brown Thread Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus brunneus Wood 1828 - Wood's Brown Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 70.6 mm

Conus brunneus Wood 1828   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus brunneus Wood 1828...35mm......Panama   (Image Schooner)
Conus brunneus Wood 1828...35mm...Panama   (Image Schooner)
Conus brunneus Wood 1828   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus (Dauciconus) bruuni (Powell 1958) - Bruun's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, Chesterfield Is., Loyalty Is.
Maximum size: 44 mm

Conus bruuni (Powell 1958)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus bruuni (Powell 1958)   (Image from Michel Jolivet)

Conus bulbus Reeve 1843 - Onion Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: 25 mm

Conus bulbus Reeve 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bulbus Reeve 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus bullatus Linnaeus 1758 - Bubble Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus articulata Dautzenberg 1937) - A synonym.

Distribution: Mozambique & Tanzania to Marquesas and Hawaii
Maximum size: 71 mm

Conus bullatus Linnaeus 1758   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus bullatus Linnaeus 1758   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus bullatus Linnaeus 1758   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus bullatus Linnaeus 1758  (Image Schooner)

Conus (Textilia) bullatus f. pongo (Shikama & Oishi 1977)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form that usually lacks the reticulated triangular spots; in stead it has more prominent fine white axial line, inside of the aperture is red

Distribution: E. Africa - W. Thailand
Maximum size: 69 mm

Conus burryae Clench 1942 - form of Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865; See there.

Conus byssinus Röding 1798  - northern subspecies of Conus pulcher Lightfoot 1786; See there.

(Conus cabritii Bernardi 1858) - synonym of Conus exiguus Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus cacao Ferrario 1983   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 45mm

Conus cacao Ferrario 1983   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cacao Ferrario 1983   (Image Schooner)
Conus cacao Ferrario 1983...38 to 43mm...Senegal   (Image Schooner)
Conus cacao Ferrario 1983...29 - 31mm...Senegal   (Image Schooner)
Conus cacao Ferrario 1983...23mm...Senegal   (Image Schooner)

Conus caillaudi Kiener 1845

Distribution: W. Indian Ocean, Red Sea
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus caillaudi Kiener 1845   (Image Chris Zand)
Conus caillaudi Kiener 1845   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus caillaudi Reeve 1845  (Image Chris Zand)
Conus caillaudi Reeve 1845   (Image Chris Zand)

Conus cakobaui Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   HOLOTYPE
- Small shell, thin and narrowly conical; last whorl with 4 fine spiral grooves on periphery and about 15 on the base, hardly any sculpture; protoconchtransparent white; first teleoconch whorls creamy white with a brown band on the periphery, extending over te row of tubercles or just adapically of it; on later whorls this brown band is interrupted by white areas; last whorl white with an irregular brown pattern; tip of the base white

Distribution: Fiji and Tonga
Maximum size: 18,9 mm

Conus caikobaui Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   paratypes

Conus californicus Reeve 1844 - California Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 49 mm

Conus californicus Reeve 1844   (Image Paul Kersten)

?? Conus cancellatus Hwass 1792 - Austin's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A confusing "complex". A thorough study is very necessary.

Distribution: Caribbean to Brazil
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus cancellatus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cancellatus Hwass 1792   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus cancellatus Hwass 1792   A specimen from Brazil (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 cancellatus f. austini Rehder & Abbott 1951 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Disupted taxon: according to Filmer a synonym; other authors consider it to be a valid form. A few consider it to be a species.

Distribution: Eastern Central America
Maximum size: 60 mm

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

Conus cancellatus brunneobandatus Petuch 1992 - Brown Band Cone (Image Eddie Hardy's Site)
- Subspecies or a form. Small for the genus; shoulder sharply angled; spire flattened; body whorl smooth and shiny; colour white, overlaid with 2 wide bands of bright red-orange flammules, one above mod-body and one below; white areas below shoulder and around midbody overlaid with rows of tiny orange-brown dots; spire whorls white with reddish-brown flammules; early whorls bright pink; aperture white.

Distribution: E. Columbia
Maximum size: 34 mm

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/photo.asp?photo=31663

and....... http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_24494.html

Conus cancellatus finkli Petuch 1987  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Subspecies or a form. Described as a full species; a pure white shell with only one band of reddish-brown flammules around mid-body; spire whorls with flammules; elongated, turnip shaped; spire elevated body whorl with about 25 raised cords, these on anterior canal with fine threads in-between; spire whorls with one large spiral cord in the mid body; aperture white; in the original article only compared with Conus cingulatus and not with the quite similar cancelatus species.

Distribution: Columbia
Maximum size: 52 mm

?? Conus cancellatus f. tristensis Petuch 1987  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Petuch claimed it had no resemblance to any other living species. A colour form according to Filmer. This is a good example of how different two well-known Conidae researchers can be in their analysis of a particular taxa!!

Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus canonicus Hwass 1792 - Tiger Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus canonicus condensus Sowerby II 1866) - A synonym: description based on an elongated specimen. (RKK)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: E. Africa to French Polynesia
Maximum size: 69.9 mm

Conus canonicus Hwass 1792...52mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus canonicus Hwass 1792...52 & 51mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus canonicus Hwass 1792...51mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus canonicus Hwass 1792...48mm...Papua New Guinea   (Image Schooner)

Conus capitanellus Fulton 1938 - Little Captain Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan to Phillippines, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus capitanellus Fulton 1938 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus capitanellus Fulton 1938...26mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus capitanellus Fulton 1938...25.5mm...Japan   (Image Schooner)

Conus capitaneus Linnaeus 1758 - Captains Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Natal, E. Africa, Samoa and Tonga, Japan to Australia
Maximum size: 89.6 mm

Conus capitaneus Linnaeus 1758   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus capitaneus Linnaeus 1758...70mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus capitaneus Linnaeus 1758...60mml...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus capitaneus f. ceciliae Crosse 1858  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A small ridged form.

Distribution: W. Thailand - Philipppines
Maximum size: 38 mm

Conus capitaneus f. ceciliae Crosse 1858   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus capitaneus f. ceciliae Crosse 1858   (Images from Eddy Hardy's site)

Conus capreolus Röckel 1985   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. India, Andaman Sea
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus capreolus Röckel 1985   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus capreolus Röckel 1985   (Image Alexander Medvedev)
Conus capreolus Röckel 1985   (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)

Conus caracteristicus Fischer von Waldheim 1807 - Characteristic Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Bay of Bengal to Philippines and Japan
Maximum size: 88.9 mm

Conus caracteristicus Fischer 1807...67mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus caracteristicus Fischer 1807...67mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus caracteristicus Fischer 1807...65mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus caracteristicus Fischer 1807...60mm...India   (Image Schooner)

Conus carcellesi Martins 1945 - A subspecies of Conus lemniscatus Reeve 1849; Renata dos Santos Gomes(Taxonomia e morfologia ... na costa Brasiliera - a thesis 2004)regards it to be a valid species See also Conus lemniscatus
(Image Paul Kersten)

Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792 - Cardinal Cone     (Image Paul Kersten)
- A confusing "species complex" with a lot of forms and similar species or subspecies; low spire, weakly nodulose; shoulder very slightly nodulose and rounded; colour: faint pale central band or a wide mid body band and white bands at base and shoulder; much colours can be found.

Distribution: Caribbean: Costa Rica, Panama, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Dominican Republic
Maximum size: 322 mm

Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

?? Conus (Purpuriconus) cardinalis donnae Petuch 1998 - Donna's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Described as a full species. A form, subspecies or species similar to Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; but more elongated, less pyriform with straighter sides, more stepped spire and more heavily scupltured with raised spiral cords; bright yellow-orange with an orange and white spire.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 27 mm

?? Conus (Purpuriconus) cardinalis donnae Petuch 1998 (Image Andre Poremski)
?? Conus (Purpuriconus) cardinalis donnae Petuch 1998 (Image Randy Allamand)
?? Conus (Purpuriconus) cardinalis donnae Petuch 1998 (Image Randy Allamand)

?? Conus cardinalis harasewychi Petuch 1987  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Described as a full species, Possibly a subspecies. Similar to Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; pure white coloured spire and no dark flammules and spots on the spire whorls.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 26 mm

?? Conus cardinalis lucaya Petuch 2000   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 29 mm

? Conus cargilei Coltro 2004 - Cargile's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Status disputed by some; according to M. Filmer a synonym (form) of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865; shoulder of body whorl smooth with a sharp angle; body whorl elongated; apex pink-orange or pink; colour of the body extremely variable: from complete black to dark brown with lines, grey and gree, red-brown etc.; deep purple aperture.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 22 mm

? Conus cargilei Coltro 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)
? Conus cargilei Coltro 2004  (Image from Conchasbrasil Site)

See also:http://www.gemmedelmare.net/gallery_image.php?id=3947

(Conus carioca Petuch 1986) - synonym of Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek 1979. See there.

Conus carnalis Sowerby 1879   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 70,1 mm

Conus carnalis Sowerby 1879   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus carnalis Sowerby 1879   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

(Conus castaneus Kiener 1845) - synonym of Conus cingulatus Lamarck 1810

???Conus cf castaneus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten) (should actually be "cf cingulatus Lamark,1810", I think...)
This is *definitely* a different species; J. Tucker Pers. Comm. (Kersten): I think Kiener's type is the same as Conus cingulatus Lamarck 1810. Specimens such as this are often identified as Conus castaneus but these are more properly identified as Conus monilifer Sowerby 1833. Similar to Conus kerstitchi Walls 1978 this specimen has a carinate shoulder. Moreover it is white inside the aperture. In fact the type of monilifer could be conspecific with Conus philippi Kiener 1845 if one assumes the type locality of Ecuador is incorrect. This specimen may be either Conus castaneus auctorum or Conus kerstitchi, which may in fact be the same species anyway.

Distribution : West Mexico - Panama
Maximum size : ~50mm

???Conus cf castaneus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus catus Hwass 1792 - Cat Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus fuscoolivaceus Dautzenberg 1937) - A synonym.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus catus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus catus Hwass 1792...42mm...Cook Islands   (Image Schooner)

? Conus catus f. nigropunctatus Sowerby II 1857  (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a valid species; a more greyish ground colour; shell slightly more elongated.

Distribution: Occurs often in same population as nominate form, but in the Red Sea it is the only form known
Maximum size: 37 mm

? Conus catus f. nigropunctatus Sowerby II 1857  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus catus f. morrisoni Raybaudi Massilia 1991 - Morrison's Cone
(Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Could be a just a colour form of Conus striolatus Kiener 1845 (Pers. comm M. Filmer, PK); distinct colour pattern: orange to red.

Distribution: Timor Sea W. Australia
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus daphne Boivin 1864
Regarded as a valid species by Filmer

Distribution: Indonesia
Maximum size: 51.95 mm

Conus caysalensis Raybaudi & Prati 1994   (Image Mike Filmer)
- According to Tucker synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792; according to Filmer synonym of Conus explorator Vink 1990
-small protoconch, pink to light red; body whorl crossed with 13-14 thin, finely granulose spiral ridges; bright red ground colour with irregular white flammules on the spire and heavier on the body whorl; inside of the aperture is bright red to violet on the uppermost part and white on the part bordering the outer lip

Conus caysalensis Raybaudi & Prati 1994   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus caysalensis Raybaudi & Prati 1994   (Image Bill Fenzan)


(Conus cebuganus Da Motta & R. Martin 1982) - synonym (juvenile specimen) of Conus australis Holten 1802; See there.

Conus cedonulli Linnaeus 1767 - Matchless Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- HIGHLY variable! Typical form: yellowish-orange with many irregular ivory-white patches below the mid-region and on the shoulder; sipral lines consisting of white and brown dots in the ivory-white areas and of strings of ivory-white circles in the dark areas; ivory-white circles are outlined with orange and interconnected by a thread of orange; in the strings of circles on the upper half of the shell some circles are larger forming small ivory-white patches; the circles on the lower half are placed on pustulations; besides that specimens from other locations are different coloured and patterned -

Distribution: West Indies: St. Lucia, St. Vincent
Maximum size: 78.5 mm

Conus cedonulli Linnaeus 1767  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cedonulli Linnaeus 1767  Grenadines  Strange colour  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cedonulli Linnaeus 1767...42 mm...St. Vincent   (Image Schooner)

Conus cedonulli f. caledonicus Hwass 1792 - Caledonia Cone   (Image Gene Mallory's Site)
- Distinctive! Broad shouldered, body almost straight-sided; spire is rather low to medium; no spirals on body whorl; many coloured blotches on the spire; body sculpture with fine basal spirals and many very fine slightly raised spirals; colour is rich purple-brown; markings very distinct; a fairly white irregular subcentral band with markings and several rows of tiny brown dots seperated by white rods; shoulder with irregular white markings; there are many fine brownish spiral rows with small white dots separated by brownish bands.

Distribution: Lesser Antilles: St. Vincent, Bequia, Mustique, Carriacou, Grenada
Maximum size: 58 mm

Conus cedonulli dominicanus Hwass 1792 - Antilles Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; spire medium with sides very slightly concave to straight slightly stepped and very slightly nodulose; spire whorls somewhat channelled no spiral lines; shoulder is very slightly nodose; a scattering of colour on the spire; body appears smooth but there are spiral lines at the base; on white areas these spirals carry spots seperated by white rods, the coloured areas carry white spots surrounded and linked together by purple lines; dominant colour from orange-brown to orange to dull orange-yellow sometimes mahogany; basic colour varies from white to greyish white; the white portion consists of irregular triangular patches below the shoulder; a wide, white central band, white band at base.

Distribution: Lesser Antilles: St. Vincent, Bequia, Mustique, Carriacou, Grenada
Maximum size: 58 mm

Conus cedonulli dominicanus Hwass 1792...52.9 mm...Grenadines   (Image Schooner)
Conus cedonulli dominicanus Hwass 1792...45.5 mm...Grenadines   (Image Schooner)
Conus cedonulli dominicanus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus cedonulli f. holemani Nowell-Usticke 1968   (Image from Eddy Hardy's site.
- An extremely rare form ofConus cedonulli Linne 1758, which is yet black in color.

Conus cedonulli insularis Gmelin 1791  (Image Mike Filmer)
- A subspecies; looking similar to Conus aurantius Hwass 1792 but alternating streaks on the spiral lines are more pronounced in colour and much less in sculpture; no granules, but near the base weak spiral threads; whitish back ground shows bluish and pinkish tints; spire concave; shoulder roundish and smooth.

Distribution: St. Lucia, Barbados
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus centurio Born 1778 - Centurion Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Apex sharply pointed, nuclear whorls pale brown; many irregular brown zig-zag lines on the spire, which curve over onto body; shoulder smooth sharply keeled; body outline almost straight; body smooth, shiny, tapering to a narrow base, about 9 strong basal cords; colour is basically white with 3 wide yellow bands, at the top, bottom and above the middle; very strong dark brown irregular zigzag markings; in some specimens the bands and markings are faint.

Distribution: Caribbean: Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil
Maximum size: 105,3 mm

Conus centurio Born 1778   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus centurio Born 1778...68mm...Brazil   (Image Schooner)
Conus centurio Born 1778...60mm...Brazil   (Image Schooner)
Conus centurio Born 1778...52mm...Colombia   (Image Schooner)
Conus centurio Born 1778   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus cepasi Trovão 1975   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus cepasi Trovão 1975   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cepasi Trovão 1975   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cepasi Trovão 1975  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus ceruttii Cargile 1997  (Shell from SBMNH collection, picture taken by Hank Chaney)
- Last whorl conical; shoulder angulated; spiral moderately flat; last whorl with numerous axial threads; body whorl colour: rose, violet; orange or red with an interupted axial threads in white; spire with flammules; colour of the body whorl becomes more bright red in maturity; patterns highly variable white zigzag lines, blotches; sometimes arranged bands; apex white; in specimens from Cay Gorda brown.

Distribution: Nicaragua
Maximum size: 40,2 mm

Conus ceruttii Cargile 1997   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ceruttii Cargile 1997   (Image Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus ceruttii Cargile 1997   (Image from the original description)

Conus cervus Lamarck 1822 - Palisade Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Moluccas and New Caledonia
Maximum size: 120 mm

Conus cervus Lamarck 1822 - Palisade Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus chaldaeus (Röding 1798) - Vermiculate Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific and West coast of Central America
Maximum size: 41 mm

Conus chaldaeus Röding 1798...55mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus chaldaeus Röding 1798...25mm...granulated ...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)

Conus (Taranteconus) chiangi Azuma 1972 - Chiang's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Southern Japan, Philippines, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus chiangi Azuma 1972   (Image Schooner)
Conus chiangi Azuma 1972   (Image Schooner)
Conus chiangi Azuma 1972   (Image Schooner)
Conus chiangi Azuma 1972   (Image Schooner)
Conus chiangi Azuma 1972   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

?? Conus chiapponorum Lorenz 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)
Last whorl conical or ventricosely-conical, low to moderate spire; rounded shoulder; aperture narrow wider towards base; body whorl very dark brown, almost black sometimes, very fine spiral lines; a white spiral band in the midst of the body whorl which is covered by a dark brown reticulated pattern; between shoulder and mid-body a fine reticulated pattern of white dots in many occasions solid dark brown; basal third dark brown; shoulder often with a fine spiral band of a lighter brown colour; just above shoulder irregular dark brown on white blotches; aperture white; according to Filmer valid or a synonym (form) of Conus infrenatus Reeve 1844

Distribution: Madagascar
Maximum size: 58 mm

Conus chiapponorum Lorenz 2004   (Image Shells Passion Site)

(Conus chinoi Shikama 1970) - synonym (juvenile specimen) of Conus distans Hwass 1792; see there.

(Conus chusaki Da Motta 1978) - synonym of Conus striatus floridus Sowerby, 1858; See there.

Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus chytreus Melvill in Tryon 1883   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus ciderryi da Motta 1985   Holotype in the Collection of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (Image by the museum staff by kind permission of Mr. Yves Finet)

Distribution: Taiwan and Vietnam
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus cinereus Hwass 1792   - Sunburnt Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A highly variable species.

Distribution: Japan to Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Is., New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus cinereus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cinereus Hwass 1792 ...46mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)
Conus cinereus Hwass 1792   a yellow specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)

bernardii Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A reddish brown colour form with grey and white markings in spirals.

Distribution: Sulu Sea, Philippines Indonesia
Maximum size: 57 mm

Conus cinereus Kiener 1845 f. - Black Cinereus Cone   (Image from Paul Kersten)
- A uniform blackish brown form.

Distribution: Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus cingulatus Lamarck 1810  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
Maximum size: 50 mm

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

Conus circumactus Iredale 1929  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Natal and Mozambique to Hawaii
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus circumactus Iredale 1929...56mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner))

Conus circumactus f. hammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943 (Image from Gene Mallory's site)
- A deep water form of Conus circumactus Iredale, but possibly only a synonym

Conus circumcisus Born 1778 - Circumcision Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: N.W. Australia, Moluccas, Philippines, Marshall Is., Solomon Is., Vanuatu
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus circumcisus Born 1778  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus circumcisus Born 1778  A yellow specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus circumcisus Born 1778...53mm....Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus circumcisus Born 1778...51.5mm...Solomons   (Image Schooner)

Conus circumcisus f. brazieri Sowerby 1883  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A pattern form - no blotches or areas of color: just banding; occurs with the other forms (ie, is sympatric

Distribution: W. Pacific
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus circumcisus f. brazieri Sowerby 1833...87mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus circumcisus f. brazieri Sowerby 1833...78.2mm....Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus circumcisus f. brazieri Sowerby 1833...75mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus circumcisus f. laevis Gmelin 1791
- A pattern-form charactarized by red "blotches"with a reduced pattern. Occurs with the other forms-

Conus circumcisus f. laevis Gmelin 1791...70mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus circumcisus f. laevis Gmelin 1791...67mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus circumcisus f. laevis Gmelin 1791...53mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus clarus E.A. Smith 1881 - Glossy Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus clarus E.A. Smith 1881   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus clarus f. segravei Gatliff 1891 - Segrave's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with brownish blotches.

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 36 mm

Conus clarus f. segravei Gatliff 1891   (Image from Gene Mallory' Site)

Conus claudiae Tenorio & Afonso 2004   (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- Last whorl conical to broadly conical, subangulated shoulder; ground colour of the body whorl from pale yellow green to light bluish grey; a reticulated pattern of white flecks and dark brown dots forming bands; usually 3: a thin one on the shoulder; base is dark often covered by reticulated pattern of white flecks and dark brown dots forming bands; variable pattern; aperture is purplish brown with two white bands.

Distribution : Maio Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size : 26,34 mm

Conus claudiae Tenorio & Afonso 2004    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus claudiae Tenorio & Afonso 2004    (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus clenchi Martins 1943 - Clench's Cone - form of Conus lemniscatus Reeve 1849; See there; Renata Gomes(thesis 2004): a valid species (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus clerii Reeve 1844- Clery's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 66 mm

Conus clerii Reeve 1844...48 to 50mm...Brazil   (Image Schooner)
Conus clerii Reeve 1844   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus cloveri Walls 1978 - Clover's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Often called: (Conus soaresi Trovão 1978) - a junior synonym.

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus cloveri Walls 1978   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus cloveri Walls 1978 - Clover's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899 is a subspecies of Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1894; See there.

Conus cocceus Reeve 1843- Cocceus Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Western Australia
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus cocceus Reeve 1843  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cocceus Reeve 1843   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus cocceus Reeve 1843   (White form) (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus coccineus Gmelin 1791- Scarlet Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Indonesia, Philippines, Queensland, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu
Maximum size: 85 mm

Conus coccineus Gmelin 1791   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus coccineus Gmelin 1791...50 to 51 mm....Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus coccineus Gmelin 1791   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus coelinae Crosse 1858 - Celine's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Queensland
Maximum size: 150 mm

Conus coelinae Crosse 1858...50mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus coelinae spiceri Bartsch P. & H.A. Rehder 1943  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; base not violet as in Conus coelinae Crosse but lemon yellow.

Distribution: Midway Hawaii
Maximum size: 152 mm

Conus coelinae spiceri Bartsch P. & H.A. Rehder 1943   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791 - Leaden Cone   HOLOTYPE  (Image Paul Kersten)

- Also commonly called: (Conus scabriusculus Dillwyn 1817) - A junior synonym.

Distribution: C. & W. Pacific, W. Thailand and Java
Maximum size: 51.3 mm

Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791   Palawan form  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791...32 and 32.5mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791   (Image from George Sangliouloglou Site)
Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791...43 to 45mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)

Conus collisus Reeve 1849 - Stigmatic Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus stigmaticus Reeve 1849) - A synonym.

Distribution: S. India, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Indonesia to Philippines
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus collisus Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus collisus Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus collisus Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus collisus Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)

?? Conus collisus f. straturatus Sowerby 1865   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Doubtful form - description based on only 3 shells. Somewhat smaller. Brown flecks forming a spiral band below the shoulder, above centre and within basal third dashed and dotted brown spiral lines overlaying these bands. RKK and Filmer consider it to be a synonym.

Distribution: S.W. Pacific
Maximum size: 39 mm

Conus colmani Röckel & Korn 1990   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Swain Reefs, Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus colmani Röckel & Korn 1990...40mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)

Conus colombianus Petuch 1987 - form of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792; See there.

P> Conus colombi Monnier & Limpalaër 2012 - Colomb's Cone<   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Martinique
Maximum size: 33 mm

Conus colorvariegatus Kosuge 1981 - distinctive form of Conus neptunus Reeve 1843; See there.

Conus columba Hwass 1792 - subspecies of Conus puncticulatus Hwass 1792; See there.

Conus comatosa Pilsbry 1904 - Comatose Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus schepmani Fulton 1936) - A synonym.

Distribution: Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, N.W. Australia, Solomon Is,. New Caledonia, Vietnam
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus comatosa Pilsbry 1904   A white specimen  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus comatosa Pilsbry 1904...29 to 33mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus comatosa Pilsbry 1904...26mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

(Conus connectens A. Adams 1855) - synonym of Conus daucus Hwass 1792 but this name is used by some dealers for specimens of Conus circumactus Iredale 1929.

Conus consors Sowerby 1833 - Singed Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 113 mm

Conus consors Sowerby 1833    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus consors Sowerby 1833...70mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus consors Sowerby 1833...67mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus consors f. anceps Adams 1854
- A form: narrowly ventricosely conical; shades of spiral banding yellowish to orangish brown.

Distribution: W. Pacific; Indonesia
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus consors f. daullei Crosse 1858   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form: narrowly conid-cylindrical to conical; relatively high spired for a consors a dark brown pattern.

Distribution: W. Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 67 mm

Conus consors f. daullei Crosse 1858 ..75.5mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)

See also:http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+consors+daullei+Crosse%2C+1858

Conus consors f. poehlianus Sowerby III 1887 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form much similar to anceps Adams 1854 but different colour pattern: light brown to pale violet-brown or almost white.

Distribution: Philippines, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus consors f. poehlianus Sowerby 1887..43 mm...Fiji   (Image Schooner)
Conus consors f. poehlianus Sowerby 1887...57 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus consors f. turschi da Motta 1985   (Image Paul Kersten)
-A form with a distinctive colour pattern: brown flammules on an orange red body whorl often with a lighter coloured band at the body whorl.

Distribution: W. Thailand - Queensland Australia - Vanuatu
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus consors f. turschi da Motta 1985...32 mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus consors f. turschi da Motta 1985   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus corallinus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Okinawa, Philippines, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus corallinus Kiener 1845...20 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus corallinus Kiener 1845...16mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus corallinus Kiener 1845...15 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus corallinus Kiener 1845  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus cordigera Sowerby II 1866   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often confused with Conus nobilis Linnaeus 1758, an Indian Ocean species;- According to Tucker synonym of Conus nobilis dark brown, larger than average Conus nobilis; convex sides, white spots without necklace ornamentation.

Distribution: Southern Philippines - E. Indonesia
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus cordigera Sowerby II 1866...27 to 29mm... Orange-tan reticulation on white...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus cordigera bitleri da Motta 1984   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies of Conus cordigera Sowerby 1866 (possibly a subspecies of Conus nobilis Linnaeus 1758) A form with a reduced pattern and white markings.

Distribution: Philippines - E. Indonesia
Maximum size: 56 mm

? Conus (Conorbis) coromandelicus E. A. Smith 1894   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Maybe not a Conidae but a member of one of the subfamilies formerly lumped into the Turridae family.

Distribution: Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka, Gulf of Oman
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus coromandelicus E. A. Smith 1894...42mm...Tan beaded spiral cords...Somalia   (Image Schooner)
Conus coromandelicus E. A. Smith 1894...37 to 41mm...Big specimens with periostracum...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus coromandelicus E. A. Smith 1894...36.5mm...a very dark periostracum...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus coromandelicus E. A. Smith 1894...35mm...India   (Image Schooner)

Conus coronatus Gmelin 1791- Crowned Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus coronatus Gmelin 1791   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus coronatus Gmelin 1791...28mm...Cook Islands   (Image Schooner)

Conus coronatus f. aristophanes Sowerby 1857   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with a narrower less ventricose last whorl with a straighter outline. Often a more bluish or greyish last whorl with more pronounced pale spiral bands.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

? Conus couderti Bernardi 1860 - Coudert's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- The specimens from the Lesser Antilles sold as Conus couderti are not this species. Roeckel & Moolenbeek established the name Conus couderti as a colour variety of Conus erythraeensis; M. Filmer concurs with this opinion (Pers. comm. M. Filmer, PK) - According to J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)) it should be renamed: Conus ziczac Mühlfeld 1816; see there for more info

Distribution: Lesser Antilles
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus crassus Sowerby 1858  - A form of Conus eberneus Hwass 1792 (see there) or possibly a valid species according to Filmer; reddish brown blotches in stead of blackish brown.

Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso 2004   (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- Last whorl ventricosely conical; shoulder rounded; body whorl greenish-brown with fine spiral lines of a darker brown, interrupted by white dashes and irregular bluish white flecks; flecks and dashes coalesce forming a more dense bluish white spiral band around the middle; shoulder and spire are white overlaid with greenish-brown blotches; area around the base usually darker coloured; aperture is purplish with two white bands.

Distribution : Maio Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size : 23 mm

Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso 2004   (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl conoid-cylindrical to conical or ventricosely conical; shoulder rounded to subangulate.

Distribution: W. Pacific: Japan to N.E. Australia, Madagascar, Mozambique
Maximum size: 69.5 mm

Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810...51mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810...23 to 26mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus crocatus f. magister Doiteau 1981   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A large form with a low spire; last whorl conical.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 110 mm

Conus crocatus magister Doiteau 1981   (Image Thierry Vulliet)
Conus crocatus magister Doiteau 1981   (Image Thierry Vulliet)

Conus crocatus thailandis da Motta 1978- Thailand Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; last whorl conical or ventricosely conical to broadly conical; shoulder angulate.

Distribution: W. Thailand
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus crocatus thailandis da Motta 1978...53mm...Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus crocatus thailandis da Motta 1978   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site

- Conus crosseanus Bernardi 1861 is a form or subspecies of Conus marmoreus Linnaeus 1758; See there.

Conus crotchii Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus poppei Elsen 1983) - a synonym.

Distribution: Boavista Is., Cape Verde
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus crotchii Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus crotchii Reeve 1849   (Image Paul Kersten)


See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_6157.html

Conus cumingii Reeve 1848 - Cuming's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philipines to Solomons, India, Sri Lanka, W. Thailand, Indonesia
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus cumingii Reeve 1848   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cumingii Reeve 1848...39mm...Solomon Isl.   (Image Schooner)

? Conus (Purpuriconus) cuna Petuch 1998   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A valid species, or possibly a form (Tucker, Filmer) of Conus mus Hwass 1792; more slender than Conus mus, more elongated and with a higher spire; salmon-orange early whorls and protoconch; highly sculptured.

Distribution: San Blas Islands, Panama
Maximum size: 20 mm

? Conus (Purpuriconus) cuna Petuch 1998   (Image from Andre Poremski)

Conus cuneolus Reeve 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sal Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 33 mm

Conus cuneolus Reeve 1843...27mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus cuneolus Reeve 1843...24 to 25mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus cuneolus Reeve 1843...21 to 22mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)

Conus curassaviensis Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire fairly high, straight sided to slightly concave; whorls stepped and nodose; body rather slender, very slightly convex; colour is almost olive chestnut with fine purple outlining to white patches; very fine purple outlines to the regular spiral white spots.

Distribution: Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Maximum size: 51 mm

Conus curassaviensis Hwass 1792   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus curralensis Rolán 1986   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Santa Luzia Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 34 mm

Conus curralensis Rolán 1986 The red variety  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus cuvieri Crosse 1858 - Cuvier's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Maximum size: 50 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_3937.html

Conus (Chelyconus) cyanostoma A. Adams 1854   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Queensland to New South Wales Australia
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus cyanostoma Adams 1854...Australia   (Image Schooner)
Conus cyanostoma Adams 1854   (Image Paul Kersten)

?? Conus cyanostoma f. coxeni Brazieri 1875 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site) - type specimen.
- Only known by this type specimen, a colour form or an aberrant specimen.

Distribution: Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby 1830 - Cylindrical Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Pacific (excluding Australia), Madagascar, Mozambique
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby 1830    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby 1830   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby 1830    (Image Paul Kersten)

abbas Hwass to cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby: this page
dalli Stearns to lizarum Raybaudi & Da Motta
locumtenens Blumenbach to ritae Petuch
roatanensis Petuch & Sargent to zylmanae Petuch

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