An Illustrated Checklist

of

Recent Conidae

dalli Stearns to lizarum Raybaudi & Da Motta

abbas Hwass to cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby
locumtenens Blumenbach to ritae Petuch
roeckeli Rolán to zylmanae Petuch

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Conus dalli Stearns 1873 - Dall's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 84.9 mm

Conus dalli Stearns 1873...57.7mm...Dark Brown bands black axials and pinkish tents..Panama.  (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...57 mm...Glorious giant example with lavender apperture...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...52 to 54mm...Large fresh & exquisitely patterned...Panama.   (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873... 52mm...Fine specimen...Panama.  (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...43mm...Truly great...Mexico.  (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...41 & 31mm...High contrast pair illustrating the extremes of the species ...Costa Rica.  (Image Schooner)

Conus damasoi Cossignani 2007 (Image Damaso Monteiro)
Shoulder angulated, last whorl with 17-18 spiral sulci, wider near the top, narrower near the base; color reddish to orange with a white mottled central band, near the top the color of the mottles is alternating to brown; protoconch is ivory-rose colored; aperture straight widening near the base

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 21 mm

Conus damasoi Cossignani 2007 (Image Malacologia)
Conus damasoi Cossignani 2007 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus damottai Trovão 1979 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista and Maio Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus damottai Trovão 1979 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Subspecies according to MTP. According to Filmer, just a form. Different range; shoulder more angulated than nominate.

Distribution : Maio Island, Cape Verde
Normal size : 26 mm

Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990...24mm ...Pattern of brown spots and lines on cream and greenish bands.  (Image Schooner)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990  A reticulated specimen from Maio Island (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990...18 to 20mm... Maio Island, Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán, 1990...18mm...Maio Isl. Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990...16 to 20mm...Brown on white zig-zag patterns...Maio Isl. Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990....16mm...White with fine brown speckled pattern ...Maio Isl. Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)

Conus dampierensis Filmer & Coomans 1985 - Dampier's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Australia
Maximum size: 34 mm

Conus dampierensis Filmer & Coomans 1985 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus dampierensis Filmer & Coomans 1985 (Image Schooner)

Conus danilai Röckel & Korn 1990 (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)

Distribution: Gulf of Aden
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus darkini Röckel Korn & Richard 1992 (Image from Valiri Darkin)

Distribution: New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Philippines to northern Philippine Sea
Maximum size: 87 mm

Conus darkini Röckel Korn & Richard 1992 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus daucus Hwass 1792 - Carrot Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A confusing species - hence the term "daucus complex".....it is very unclear just how many "members" of this group are independant species or simply local forms; a wide variety of very similar shells, mostly orange, plain or with a colourless central band; sometimes with rows of tiny brown spots.

Distribution: Caribbean: Florida USA, to Brazil
Maximum size: 61 mm

Conus daucus Hwass 1792   - a yellow specimen (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792  (Image Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792  Brazil  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792...43mm...Orange carrot typical type..Dom. Rep.  (Image Schooner)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792...37.5mm...Very odd yellow color...Dominican Rep.  (Image Schooner)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792...29 to 35mm...Rich orange-pink Throughout...Martinique. (Image Schooner)

Conus daucus f. boui da Motta 1988 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with longitudinal, brown zebra-stripe flammules.

Distribution: Martinique, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus daucus f. boui da Motta 1988 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

? Conus daucus f. goajira Petuch 1992
- A form similar to boui Da Motta 1988; stouter, more pyriform, with a relatively higher spire and more sharply-angled shoulder; more pyriform and wider shoulder more concave lip than Conus norai Da Motta & Raybaudi 1992. The type specimen looks like Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889, so I tend to believe it is not a member of the daucus-complex (PK)

Distribution: Caribbean, Colombia
Maximum size: 46 mm

? Conus daucus f. inconstans Smith 1877 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Member of the daucus Hwass group. According to Filmer a valid species.

Distribution: Caribbean
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus daucus f. norai da Motta & Raybaudi 1992 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form similar to boui Da Motta and goajira Petuch; less pyriform than goajira with straighter lip and more colourful; more flammules.

Distribution: Martinique
Maximum size: 40.6 mm

Conus daucus f. norai da Motta & Raybaudi 1992...38mm ...Nice specimen of this rarity...Martinique. (Image Schooner)
Conus daucus f. norai da Motta & Raybaudi 1992 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus daucus f. riosi Petuch 1986 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form very colourful and with distinct pattern (prominent white or brown central band), less pyriform than goajira Petuch 1992 and larger than its congeners.

Distribution: E. Brazil
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus daucus riosi Petuch 1986 (Image from Femorale Site)

Conus daucus f. vikingorum Petuch 1993 - Viking Cone (Image Dream Shells)
- A form similar to boui Da Motta but more slender more angled shoulder and less striking patterned; less pyriform than goajira Petuch; smaller than riosi Petuch.

Distribution: Columbia
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus daullei Crosse 1858 is a form of Conus consors Sowerby 1833; See there. (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus dayriti Röckel & da Motta 1983 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 36 mm

Conus dayriti Röckel & da Motta 1983  Yellow form (Paul Kersten)
Conus dayriti Röckel & da Motta 1983...16.5mm...Fresh dark example in excellent shape...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus dayriti Röckel & da Motta 1983   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus decoratus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sao Vicente Island and Santa Luzia Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: 30 mm

Conus decoratus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979 - Delanoy's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Derrubado Bay, Santa Antao Bay, Boavista Is., Cape Verde
Maximum size: 33 mm

Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979   Blackish specimen  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...19mm...Spectacular dense patterned specimen ...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...18 to 19mm...Elegant dark brown & white pattern...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...18 to 19mm...Lip & apex perfect. Great zig-zags...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...17mm...Unusual web-like brown on white pattern...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979  Sao Antao Form  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus delessertii Recluz 1843 - Sozon's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus sozoni Bartsch 1939) - a synonym.

Distribution: S.E. USA: North Carolina, East Florida, West Florida, and Bermuda
Maximum size: 102 mm

Conus delessertii Recluz 1843...67mm...Monster old warhorse. Also known as C. sozoni...Florida. (Image Schooner)
Conus delessertii Recluz 1843...53mm...One of the collector's favorites...Florida. (Image Schooner)
Conus delessertii Recluz 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus delucai Coltro 2004 - Deluca's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Status disputed by some; Elongated body with a medium deflection near the siphonal canal; low nodulose spire with many weak axial threads; about 10 white to cream nodules on the shoulder; body with 9-11 incised lines near the siphonal canal; wide red-pink aperture; colour body whorl from red-orange to dark blood-red with or without white blotches sometimes forming a band.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 14.2 mm

Conus delucai Coltro 2004 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990...21 to 26mm...Select specimens from one remote bay...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990...19 to 20mm...Greenish brown on white pattern...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990...19 & 20mm...Extreme pattern pair...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990....18mm...Greenish bands and fine brown markings...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990  Different patterns  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus desidiosus A.Adams 1854 - type specimen (Image A. Kohn)
- Possibly a valid species according to Filmer and Monteiro, Tenorio and Poppe; but others disagree.

Distribution: Lampedusa Island and South Portugal
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus desidiosus A.Adams 1854 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus (Magelliconus) deynzerorum (Petuch 1995) - Image Needed!
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 - A shell very similar to Conus kirkandersi Petuch 1987 but less colourful and with a higher steply pale yellow white spire and more projecting protoconch; body whorl shiny with spiral cords; most often yellow with lighter yellow band.

Distribution: Caribbean side of Mexico; Banco Chinchorro Atoll endemic
Maximum size: 15 mm

Conus diadema Sowerby 1834 - Diadem Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Coronated spire; last whorl with two brownish bands and a faint lighter coloured band at midbody.

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 67.1 mm

Conus diadema Sowerby 1834 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus diadema Sowerby 1834...44mm...Uniform solid medium brown...Mexico. (Image Schooner)
Conus diadema Sowerby 1834...33mm...Broad shouldered & well coronated...Galapagos. (Image Schooner)

Conus (Leptoconus) dictator (Melvill 1898) (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often erronuously called C. lemniscatus Reeve, 1846 which is a South American species.

Distribution: Persian Gulf - Indonesia
Maximum size: 48 mm

Conus dictator (Melvill 1898) (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus dictator (Melvill 1898)...36-38mm...Excellently-contrasting set of Three...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus dictator (Melvill 1898) (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: 22 mm

Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán 1986 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus dispar Sowerby II 1833 - Image needed!!

- redescribed by Dall in 1910; information Filmer.

Distribution: Panamic to Baja California
Normal size: ?

Conus distans Hwass 1792 - Distant Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: S.E. Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia
Maximum size: 134.1 mm

Conus distans Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
- The unfrequent white form
Conus distans Hwass 1792 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus dondani Kosuge 1981 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 33 mm

Conus dondani Kosuge 1981 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus donnae Petuch 1988
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus cardinalis Röding 1798

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: mm

Conus dorreensis Péron 1807 - Pontifical Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- The only Conus species of which almost always the periostracum is preserved (by collectors, i.e.)!

Distribution: W. Australia
Maximum size: 48 mm

Conus dorreensis Péron 1807 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus duffyi Petuch 1992 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Shell elongated, broad across shoulder, with strait sides; spire whorls and shoulder often strongly coronated; body whorl smooth, shiny with numerous very faint smooth spiral threads; colour lilac-purple to purplish-white very closely packed with rows of tiny dots correspond to spiral threads; most specimes have two bands of dark-coloured patches overlying dense speckled undercolour; patches most often dark reddish-brown, some specimens have black or deep-purple patches; spire colour pale lilac purple with rows of tiny dots and widely spaced large red or black flammules; aperture deep purple; spire often eroded.

Distribution: Islas Los Roques, Venezuela
Maximum size: 42 mm

Conus duffyi Petuch 1992 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus duffyi Petuch 1992 - Type Specimen.
(Shell from the collection of the Carnegie Museum; photos by Museum staff)

??? Conus duplicatus Sowerby I 1823 is considered to be synonym or possibly a form of Conus australis Holten 1802 by some authors; in the opinion of others it is a form or synonym of Conus gabryae Korn & Röckel 1992; see main entries; whereabouts of the holotype unknown, so this is a tricky tangle to untie!

Conus (Leptoconus) dusaveli (H. Adams 1872) - Du Savel's Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines and New Caledonia
Maximum size: 87 mm

Conus dusaveli (Adams 1872) (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 - Hebrew Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific and West coast of Central America
Maximum size: 61.7 mm

Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758...25 & 29mm...rare pair one pink tinted...Okinawa. (Image Schooner)
Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus eburneus Hwass 1792 - Ivory Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: E. Africa to Ryukyu Is., Polynesia Australia
Maximum size: 78 mm

Conus eburneus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus eburneus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten) - An almost unspotted, yellow banded specimen -
Conus eburneus Hwass 1792...62.5mm...Looks like a dwarf literatus...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus eburneus Hwass 1792...48 to 54mm...Three-piece set shows a variety of Hebrew patterns...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

? Conus eburneus f. crassus Sowerby 1858 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form or possibly a valid species according to Filmer ; reddish-brown markings and usually no spiral colour bands.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 63 mm

Conus eburneus f. polyglotta Weinkauff 1874 - Multi-linear Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form with black bars or commalike markings that tend to fuse into solid spiral bands and wavy axial streaks.

Distribution: Philippines; C. Pacific
Maximum size: 79mm

Conus eburneus polyglotta Weinkauff 1874 - Multi-linear Cone (Image Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus (Africonus) echinophilus (Petuch 1975) (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 24 mm

Conus echinophilus (Petuch 1975)  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus echinophilus (Petuch 1975)  a brown one (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus echinophilus (Petuch 1975)  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus echo Lauer 1988
- Some regard it as a form of Conus pennaceus Born 1778; others as valid: distinctly narrower larval whorl and usually domed early postnuclear whorls.

Distribution: N. & E. Somalia
Maximum size: 69 mm

? Conus eduardi Delsaerdt 1997 (Gloria Maris, 35(4-5)57-62) (Image from RKK)
- This could be a subspecies of Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1894 (J. Tucker)
- This specimen is pictured in RKK on plate 69 fig. 4 as "?bengalensis Okutani"; holotype: last whorl very slightly convex, moderately glossy and smooth; white tentmarks, spirally arranged in 4 bands of network: on the shoulder, at the base and 2 on the centre; 3 orangish-brown spiral bands inerrupted by axially arranged white tentmarks; aperture white.

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 109.6mm

? Conus (Purpuriconus) edwardpauli (Petuch 1998) (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792 - In the opinion of others a form of Conus kulkulcan Petuch 1980; shiny shell with high spire protracted stepped, sharply angled shoulder, carinated pinkish-salmon with narrow whitish-pink band around the midbody; low shoulder knobs are white; interior of aperture is deep rose coloured.

Distribution: San Blas Islands, Panama
Maximum size: 23 mm

Conus (Gastridium) eldredi (Morrison 1955) (Image Paul Kersten)
- Much smaller than look-a-like Conus geographus L., 1758; lower spire, stronger tubercles on the late sutural ramps, and with a smoother last whorl.

Distribution: C. Pacific
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus (Gastridium) eldredi (Morrison 1955) (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus elegans Sowerby III 1895 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Gulf of Suez, Somalia, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, E. Pakistan, W. Australia
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus elegans ramalhoi Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1986 (Image from Femorale Site)
- A subspecies; light violet; last whorl sometimes with brown blotches near the centre ;aperture not white or light brown as in the nominate but orange to violet-brown.

Distribution: Natal Mozambique, E. Africa
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus elegans ramalhoi Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)

- Conus elokismenos Kilburn 1975 is a subspecies of Conus orbignyi Audouin 1831; See there.

Conus emaciatus Reeve 1849 - False Virgin Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea and Central Indian Ocean to Polynesia
Maximum size: 56 mm

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

Conus emarginatus Reeve 1844 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Pacific
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus emarginatus f. scariphus Dall 1910 ...44mm ...An interesting form...Baja Mexico. (Image Schooner)

Distribution: Pacific Panama
Maximum size: 41 mm

Conus emarginatus scariphus Dall 1910

Conus emersoni Hanna G.D. 1963 - Emerson Cone
(Specimen fom the LACM collection, picture taken by J. Tucker)
- Shell elongate-conical, whorl sides flat to very slightly convex; shoulder angular; sculpture of numerous closely spaced, shallow sulci; colour pattern variable with two irregular bands at shoulder, just posterior to mid body and just anterior mid body; bands with reticulate or blotched pattern; bands separated by areas with rows of spiral dashes or longitudinal reticulations, in Galapagos specimens lacking; anterior end with enlogated blotches or lines; colour markings brown; spire slightly convex; whorl tops with markings; aperture white (information from: "The rediscovery , Morphology , and identity of Conus emersoni Hanna, 1963 by John K. Tucker & James H. McLean in The Nautilus 107 1993).

Distribution: Baja California, Galapagos Arch.
Maximum size: 43 mm

Conus emersoni Hanna G.D. 1963 - Emerson Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus encaustus Kiener 1845 - Burnt Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Marquesas Islands
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus encaustus Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus encaustus Kiener 1845...28mm...Gray bands with white and brown flecks nicely coronated shoulder...Marquesas Islands. (Image Schooner)
Conus encaustus Kiener 1845...23mm...Gray bands with brown blotches...Marquesas Islands. (Image Schooner)

Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo Pacific excluding Hawaii
Maximum size: 114 mm

Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...73mm   Brown with biggish white tents...Mozambique.   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...68mm...Big bold & beautiful...Solomon Islands.   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...66mm...Almost black background with an a typical shape...Thailand. (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...64.5mm... Rich reddish brown with big bold white tents...Solomon Islands. (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...64mm...Big excellent example...Solomon Islands. (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...56.5mm...Not typical - great pattern!...Solomon Is. (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...55mm...Splendidly contrasting pair...Australia. (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...48mm...Superb medium-sized specimen...Solomon Islands.  (Image Schooner)

Conus equestris Röding 1798 - a form of C. bandanus Hwass 1792; See there.

Conus ermineus Born 1778 - Turtle Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: West Africa, Cape Verde Is. & entire Caribbean: Texas to Venezuela to Surinam
Maximum size: 103 mm

Conus ermineus Born 1778  Light coloured specimen. (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ermineus Born 1778 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ermineus Born 1778...54 and 50mm... Contrast pattern pair... Verde. (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778...50 to 53mm...Complicated patternsbusy dashes lines and bars...Angola.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778....42 to 45mm...Senegal.  (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778....42 to 44mm...Pairs of this intricately patterned cone showing variability...Senegal. (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778....34 40 and 46mm. ..Growth series...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)

Conus ermineus f. testudinarius Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Dominican Republic, Martinique, Surinam, N. Brazil, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Azores)
Maximum size: 77 mm

Conus ermineus Born 1778...55 and 56mm...Contrast pattern pair...Curacao. (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778...59mm...Light colour specimen with tan markings...Curacao. (Image Schooner)

? Conus ernesti Petuch 1990 (Image Paul Kersten) - According to Filmer and J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)) a form of Conus philippii Kiener 1845 - see there.

Conus erythraeensis Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus dillwynii Reeve 1849) - A synonym or a subspecies acc. to Tucker

Distribution: Central and S. Red Sea Aden to Oman
Maximum size: 35 mm

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

Conus (Embrikena) escondidae Poppe & Tagaro 2005 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl broadly conical, heavy; spire high with a slightly concave outline; suture deeply incised; hardly visible fine sculpture of axial ribs crossed by faint, very fine spiral ribs; shoulder sharply rounded; body whorl almost smooth with a porcellaneous texture; colour of the body whorl is cream white with two broad spiral bands of yellow irregular blotches -

Distribution: Aliguay, Philippines
Maximum size: 51,6mm

Conus escondidae Poppe & Tagaro 2005 (Image from the Visaya description)

Conus estivali Moolenbeek & Richard 1995 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Small thin and shiny; last whorl conical; sides almost straight; shoulder sharply angulate to carinate; spire of moderate height, outline straight; last whorl smooth with 10-11 hardly visible striae on the anterior part; last whorl with some diffuse white and light brown blotches and 6 fine brown spiral lines; protoconch milky white; spire with brown spots;.

Distribution: Coral Sea, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 10 mm

Conus eucoronatus Sowerby 1903 - Flat Ridge Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Natal to Somalia and S. Yemen S. India and Sri Lanka
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus eucoronatus Sowerby 1903...29mm... Brown mottled bands with heavy spiral cords...South Africa. (Image Schooner)

Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943 - Eugrammatus Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often difficult to distinguish from variants of Conus wakayamaensis Kuroda 1956; this species is less irregularly patterned.

(Conus lapulapui da Motta & Martin 1982) - A synonym.

Distribution: Hawaii, Japan to Philippines, Queensland, Natal
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943...35.3mm...Japan.  (Image Schooner)
Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943...30.5mm...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943...28mm...White with tan flecks & blotched bands...Japan.  (Image Schooner)

Conus evansi Bondarev I. 2001 (Image courtesy of Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl conical; spire moderately low; larval shell transluscent white; last whorl white with axially flames in yellow-orange; in three spiral bands; 17-19 incised spiral threads; also flammules on the spire; aperture in the same colour as the body whorl.

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 40,9 mm

Conus evansi Bondarev I. 2001 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus eversoni Petuch 1987 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A brown coloured shell with rows of tiny dots, a purple aperture; sculptured whorls with spiral cords.

Distribution: Caribbean: Honduras
Maximum size: 18 mm

Conus evorai Monteiro, Fernandes & Rolán 1995 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island and Sal Rei Islet, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus evorai Monteiro Fernandes & Rolán 1995 (Image from Paul Kersten)

Conus excelsus Sowerby 1908 - Illustrious Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan to Philippines, Solomon Is., New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Queensland, Burma
Maximum size: 102 mm

Conus excelsus Sowerby 1908 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus exiguus Lamarck 1810 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- last whorl conical to conoid-cylindrical.

(Conus cabritii Bernardi 1858) - A synonym.

Distribution: New Caledonia, Samoa
Maximum size: 55mm

Conus exiguus Sowerby 1908  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus exiguus Sowerby 1908  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus exiguus Sowerby 1908  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus exiguus f. bougei Sowerby 1907 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A northern form with a conical last whorl.

Distribution: New Caledonia, Samoa
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus exiguus bougei Sowerby 1907 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus exiguus f. optimus Sowerby 1913 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A bigger form, more brightly coloured.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 54 mm

Conus exiguus f. optimus Sowerby 1913 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus exiguus f. vayssetianus Crosse 1872 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

- A thin, dimunitive, less colourful form - possibly a local population.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 14 mm

Conus eximius Reeve 1849 - Exceptional Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: S.E. Asia & Philippines, New Guinea, Taiwan
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus eximius Reeve 1849....39mm...Large and really attractive pattern...Thailand. (Image Schooner)
Conus eximius Reeve 1849 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus explorator Vink 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792

Distribution: Jamaica
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus explorator f. caysalensis L. Raybaudi Massilia & Prati 1994 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Perhaps a mere colour form, according to Filmer - however, typically has bigger blotches, overall more vivid red coloured with white fammules - so would seem to be more than Filmer indicates.

Distribution: Bahamas: Cay Sal
Maximum size: 19 mm

Conus explorator f. caysalensis L. Raybaudi & Prati 1994 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus exquisitus Sowerby III 1887 (Image Paul Kersten)

- a distinct colour form (from the Bahamas) of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 (which is a senior synonym of Conus ornatus Sowerby 1833); according to M. Filmer a valid species

Conus fantasmalis Rolán 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Maio Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 29 mm

Conus fantasmalis Rolán 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fantasmalis Rolán 1990...22.7mm...Color gradations much better than usual for the species...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus fantasmalis Rolán 1990....17mm...Very dark form of this rare cone...Cape Verde.
Conus fantasmalis Rolán 1990  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus felitae Rolán 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sal Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 12 mm

Conus felitae Rolán 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...11 12mm...Black zig-zags on white and gray bands...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...11mm....Tiny patterns of brown on white zig-zags. (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...11mm...High spire bold black and white pattern...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...10 to 12mm 2 dark bands with lots of white specks. Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...10 to 11mm...Tiny species huge pattern.  (Image Schooner)

Conus fergusoni Sowerby III 1873 - Ferguson's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 162.8 mm

Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1873...83mm...Nearly devoid of yellow banding...Costa Rica. (Image Schooner)
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1873...60 to 70mm. ..White with broad pastel orange band...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1873 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Indonesia, Queensland
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792 Nice pattern (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792...62mm....Giant and spire sticks up nicely...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792...52mm...A good example of this species...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792..79mm...Gerontic immense specimen with much less pattern than the usual suspects for this species...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus ferrugineus f. chenui Crosse 1857 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form with spiral rows of dark axial markings replacing the brown spiral bands on the last whorl in ferrugineus; intergraging with the typical form.

Distribution: New Caledonia, Philippines
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus ferrugineus f. chenui Crosse 1857 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus (Rhizoconus) ferrugineus f. sophiae Brazier 1875 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A pustulate form.

Distribution: New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Philippines
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus (Rhizoconus) ferrugineus sophiae Brazier 1875 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758 - Fig Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Africa to Japan, Philippines, Queensland to Fiji
Maximum size: 121 mm

Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...101 - 102mm. ..Brown lined pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...91mm...Golden tan with fine brown spiral lines...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...81 & 87mm...Dark pair larger one with greatly reduced spiral lines...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...59mm...Dark spiral lines hardly show. (Image Schooner)

Conus filmeri Rolán & D. Röckel 2000 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 33 mm

Conus filmeri Rolán & D. Röckel 2000 (Image Carlos Afonso)
Conus cf. filmeri Rolán & D. Röckel 2000 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus finkli Petuch 1987 - form of Conus cancellatus Hwass. See there.

Conus fischoederi Röckel & da Motta 1983 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, W. Thailand
Maximum size: 49 mm

Conus fischoederi Röckel & da Motta 1983  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fischoederi Röckel & da Motta 1983  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fischoederi Röckel & da Motta 1983  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus flamingo Petuch 1980 - form of Conus flavescens Sowerby 1834; See there.

Conus flammeacolor Petuch 1992 - Flame Color Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Shell small, relatively slender, tapering toward anterior end; shoulder sharply angled; spire proportionally low; aperture narrow; body whorl polished, shiny with 15 spiral rows of tiny very shallow pits; anetrior tip of shell encircled by numerous coarse spiral cords; spire whorls smooth; color bright red-orange with narrow band of alternating brown and white flammules around mid-body; orange red color overlaid with 15 spiral rows of tiny brown dots, with each dot corresponding to a shallow pit; spire with dark-brown flammules; protoconch and early whorls pale yellow; aperture pale orange.

Distribution: Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Maximum size: 26 mm

Conus flavescens Sowerby 1834 - Flame Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Small slender shell, white, with large irregular yellow or reddish brown patches; body whorl almost straight, very slightly convex, smooth with 5 or 6 incised spirals at the base; spire medium high; whorls channeled with growth lines.

Distribution: Florida USA - Greater Antilles, Bahamas and Cuba
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus flavescens Sowerby 1834...23 & 23mm ...Extreme: 98% white & lovely brown pair..Bahamas. (Image Schooner)
Conus flavescens Sowerby 1834 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus flavescens f. caribbaeus Clench 1942 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Form. Colour a pale, almost rosy-lilac with a colourless band just below the top and two other very distinct white bands; base is shaded with orange; a few faint spiral rows of weak brown dots on the upper half of body whorl; spiral whorls usually with orange patches, nuclear whorls are pink, spire low with concave sides; 7-8 spiral whorls on the base; aperture lilac.

Distribution: E. Florida USA, Virgin Islands
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus flavescens f. caribbaeus Clench 1942 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus flavescens flamingo Petuch 1980 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Subspecies or possibly localized form. Elongate shell; shoulder smooth with sharply raised edge; body whorl smooth; spire whorls smooth; colour bright cherry red to reddish orange with amounts of white patterning; spire red with white patches onto the body whorl; aperture red.

Distribution: E. Florida USA
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus flavescens f. paraguana Petuch 1987 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Described as a valid species; form with a highly polished shell with bands composed or closely-packed lines of dots and dashes, wide bands of dots seperated by wide, white band around mid-body.

Distribution: Caribbean: Venezuela
Maximum size: 18 mm

Conus flavescens paraguana Petuch 1987 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 - Yellow Pacific Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus peasei Brazier 1877) - synonym of Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 60.8 mm

Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 Orange color form (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 ...62mm...Rare local with exceptional colors...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus flavus Röckel 1985 - Yellow Pacific Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Guinea
Maximum size: 78 mm

Conus flavus Röckel 1985 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus flavus Röckel 1985...55mm...Quite a lovely example...New Guinea (Image Schooner)

Conus flavusalbus Rolán & Röckel 2000 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size : 24 mm

Conus flavusalbus Rolán & Röckel 2000   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus flavusalbus Rolán & Röckel 2000  (Image Carlos Afonso)
Conus flavusalbus Rolán & Röckel 2000  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus flavusalbus Rolán & Röckel 2000  (Image Carlos Afonso)
Conus flavusalbus Rolán & Röckel 2000  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus floccatus Sowerby 1841 - Clouded Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indonesia and Philippines to Marshall Is., Solomon Is., New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Samoa
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus floccatus Sowerby 1841 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus floccatus Sowerby 1839 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus floccatus f. magdalenae Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A yellow colour form.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 54 mm

magdalenae Kiener 1845 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

(Conus floridanus Gabb 1869) - junior synonym of Conus anabathrum. An application to establish Conus floridanus as having precedence over Conus anabathrum was rejected by the ICZN (Filmer) -

Conus floridensis Sowerby III 1870 - form of Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865; See there.

Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848 - Florid Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

- Very similar to muricatulus Sowerby I 1833. Has a more restricted range, not being found in French Polynesia or East Africa, or India. Is larger than muricatulus s.s., and usually more pustulose than muricatulus forma sugillilatus Reeve. Also has a lighter, more violet base, compared to the more purple base of muricatulus. In the Philippines, usually found in deeper water.

Distribution: N.E. Indian Ocean: Réunion and Maldivus to Japan and New Caledonia
Maximum size: 59 mm

Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848...33 to 36mm...Pustulose with pastel orange bands and purple base...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus floridulus.Adams & Reeve 1848...26 27mm...Beautiful Fully pustulated specimens...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848...24mm. .. Solomon.Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848...14-17mm...Series of eight variants...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão in Rolán 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sal Island, Cape Verde Is.
Normal size : about 20 mm

Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...17 to 20mm...Bands of brown tan and gray...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...16 to 17mm...Completely wonderful specimen - much more colorful than usual...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...16mm. ..Green and brown banded...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...14 to 15mm...Fantastic patterns. Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)

Conus fragilissimus Petuch 1979 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus fragilissimus Petuch 1979 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus franciscoi Rolán & Röckel 2000 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size : 35 mm

Conus franciscoi Rolán & Röckel 2000 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus franciscoi Rolán & Röckel 2000 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus frauenfeldi Crosse 1865 - distinctive form or subspecies of Conus magus Linnaeus 1758; See there.

Conus frausseni Tenorio & Poppe 2004 - Fraussen's Cone (Image Eurasia shells site)
- Last whorl conical or ventricosely-conical; rounded shoulder in adults; protoconch smooth and cream coloured; last whorl glossy with closely spaced fine spiral ribs less evident near the upper part of the whorl; body colour orange- brown to cream-white, 2 faint interrupted bands in holotype, some small brown blotches; spire with a diffuse brown band just above the shoulder sometimes overlaid with flecks upper part paler; aperture orange to cream-white-

Distribution : Aliguay Island Philippines
Maximum size : 47 mm

Conus frigidus Reeve 1848 - Frigid Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Central and W. Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus frigidus Reeve 1848 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus fulmen Reeve 1843 - Thunderbolt Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus kirai (Kuroda 1956)) - synonym of Conus fulmen Reeve 1843.

(Conus wistaria Shikama 1970) - synonym of Conus fulmen Reeve 1843

Distribution: Japan and Taiwan
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus fulmen Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fulmen Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
The form called kirai

Conus fumigatus Hwass 1792 - Smoky Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus fumigatus f. blainvillei Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form and a bit broader.

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus fumigatus f. blainvillei Kiener 1845...43mm...White with bands of tan spiral lines...Red Sea. (Image Schooner)
Conus fumigatus f. blainvillei Kiener 1845...24mm...Brown dashes over light gray bands...Red Sea. (Image Schooner)

Conus fumigatus f. excavatus Sowerby 1866 - Coffee Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form and more narrow.

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

Conus fumigatuus f. excavatus Sowerby II 1866 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus fumigatus f. henoquei Bernardi 1860 (Image from Eddy Hardy's site)
- A colour form- distinctive pattern-form of this surprisingly variable species; more narrow than the nominate.

Conus furvus Reeve 1843 - Dark Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Andaman Is., E. Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines to Japan
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus furvus Reeve 1843...55mm...White with brown base...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...51mm...Pair one with an unusual "stepped" spire...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...44mm. ..Lightly banded in pastel yellow...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...41 to 50mm...Five-piece set shades of white orange and brown...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...36 to 43mm...Series shows variability of typical pattern & spire heights...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...34 and 44mm...Freak pattern - fine axial (vs. normal radial) lines...Phillipines. (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...32 to 34mm...Set in brown pastel tan & white...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...28 to 34mm...Set white to rich chocolate brown...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus furvus f. aegrotus Reeve 1949 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with dotted spiral lines on white ground; last whorl conical, outline slightly convex.

Distribution: Fiji, Philippines
Maximum size: 50mm

Conus furvus f. albicans Sowerby II 1857 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a conical last whorl; with sparse remnants of spirally aligned dots; it could be a subspecies according to RKK.

Distribution: Palawan Philippines and N. Indonesia
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus furvus f. albicans Sowerby 1857 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus furvus f. granifer Reeve 1849 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form: last whorl conical, outline convex, granulose spiral ribs, ground colour white or brown, spiral rows of brown dots on and between granulose ribs

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus furvus f. lignarius Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A lighter brown form than the nominate with a darker base and solid spiral lines on the last whorl.

Distribution: W. Pacific excluding Australia
Maximum size: 52mm

Conus furvus f. neobuxeus Da Motta 1991 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Very similar to aegrotus Reeve in colour & pattern except for a lighter base; white to brown.

Distribution: Japan
Maximum size: 65 mm

? Conus furvus f. nivalis Da Motta 1985 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Maybe a subspecies; last whorl conical to conoid-cylindrical, slightly narrower than other forms, pure white.

Distribution: Philippines; Sibuyan Sea between southern Luzon and northern Samar
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus furvus f. nivalis Da Motta 1985 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus furvus f. species (Image Paul Kersten) - currently usually sold as polygrammus Tomlin 1937;
- A red color form.

Distribution: Palawan Philippines
Maximum size:

Conus furvus f. species (Image Paul Kersten)
- A yellow specimen.

Conus furvus f. polygrammus Tomlin 1937 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form similar to lignarius.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus furvus f. polygrammus Tomlin 1937 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)- form of furvus Reeve

Conus furvus f. turritinus Da Motta 1985 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form: last whorl conoid-cylindrical; spire often stepped; larval shell white; last whorl yellowish brown with a white spiral band at centre and without spiral rows of dots; base of the same colour as rest of last whorl.

Distribution: E. Malaya, Philippines
Maximum size: 57 mm

Conus fuscoflavus Röckel & Rolán & Monteiro 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus fuscoflavus Röckel & Rolán & Monteiro 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby 1905 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby 1905 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fuscolineatus Sowerby 1905 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cf. fuscolineatus Sowerby 1905 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus gabelishi da Motta & Ninomiya 1982 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: W. Australia
Maximum size: 43 mm

Conus gabrielae Rolán & Röckel 2000 - Gabriela's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: 32 mm

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

Conus (Asprella) gabryae (Korn & Röckel 1992) (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Röckel, Korn & Kohn regard it as a form of Conus australis Holten 1802; Raybaudi re-named it as Conus armadillo gabryae; More info, see there -

Distribution: Solomon Islands
Maximum size: 63 mm

??? Conus gadesi Espinosa & Ortea 2005
Accordingly to Tucker, Filmer and Tenorio (and I agree): description based on a juvenile of Conus regius Gmelin 1791
The authors misidentified the specimens they call C. regius. They actually are Conus mindanus or C. jaspideus. The little shells they name gadesi are identical to juvenile C. regius (pers. comment J. Tucker)

Conus ganensis Delsaerdt 1988 - a form of Conus pennaceus Born 1778; See there; by some regarded as valid species.

Conus garciai da Motta 1982 - Garcia's cone (Image Paul Kersten)
a turbinated conic shell with a pointed apex; about ten spiral whorls with shallow threads and crossed with striae, shoulder angulated and keeled, body surface is strongly grooved, basic colour of the body whorl is uniform coffe-brown, with brown axially arranged flammules or white with yellow; aperture lavender; spire with flammules. - According to J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)) a form of Conus philippii -

Distribution: Nicaragua, Honduras
Maximum size: 69 mm

Conus garciai da Motta 1982...66.5mm...Giant with lovely shade of yellow...RHonduras . (Image Schooner)
Conus garciai da Motta 1982...56.8mm...A good large specimen...Honduras . (Image Schooner)

? Conus garywilsoni Lorenz & Morrison 2004 - Gary Wilson's Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)
- Possibly a synonym of Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff 1875.

Distribution: N.W. Australia
Maximum size : 20,5 mm

Conus garywilsoni Lorenz & Morrison 2004 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus gauguini Richard & Salvat 1973 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Marquesas, Tahiti
Maximum size: 70.5 mm

Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767 - General Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Maldives, S. India, NW Australia & Queensland to French Polynesia, Ryukyus
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...85.5mm...Melanistic pigment is nearly black...New Caledonia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...74.5 and 77mm. ..Pair Dark brown banded the other light orange-tan...Australia. (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...68mm...Truly a handsome warm brown specimen...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...63mm...High pointed apex and nearly black dorsum...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis.Linnaeus 1767...51 to 61mm  ...Contrasting pair of this "classic" species...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...51mm...VERY delighful pattern. Interesting and beautiful...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...41 & 42mm...Pretty pattern pair of the orange form...Solomon Islands. (Image Schooner)

Conus generalis f. krabiensis da Motta 1982 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A small orange colour form from Thailand; ground colour white; orange covering the last body whorl partially sometimes complete; white spire, very sparsely sprinkled with little brown streaks; base stained with purple; narrow white aperture.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Maldives, W. Thailand - NW Australia
Maximum size: 55 mm

? Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792 - Maldive Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Considered by some to be a valid species, but we consider this unlikely.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Mozambique to Red Sea and to S. India
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792 ...63mm...Interesting form with brown axially barred pattern...Mozambique.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792...56mm...Great apex & lip with intriguing axial pattern...Mozambique.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792...66mm...Unusual pattern...Gulf of Aqaba.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792...54mm...Very odd pattern...Mozambique.  (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792  Nice pattern  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758 - Garter Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: West Africa and the Cape Verde Archipelago
Maximum size: 65 mm; specimens from the Cape Verde are much smaller

Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758....47 to 49mm...Dark well speckled...Angola. (Image Schooner)
Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758...40 to 47mm...Excellent color and pattern...Angola. (Image Schooner)
Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758...40 to 44mm...Pastel colours & lines of black & white dashes...Guinea. (Image Schooner)
Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758...34 to 37mm....Select specimens of the dwarf form...Cape Verde. (Image Schooner)

Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758 - Geography Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 160 mm

Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...124mm...Monster specimen with gerontic pattern degradation nearing lip...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...120mm....Excellent lip on this big slightly gerontic specimen...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...117mm...Brown blotches and fine white tents...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...105mm...Tan blotches on pastel pink background colour...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

(Conus (Leptoconus) gernanti (Petuch 1975)) - synonym of Conus ambiguus Reeve 1844; See there.

? Conus gibsonsmithorum Petuch 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)
-Described as a valid species; Regarded by most as a subspecies of Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott 1951, but according to Filmer a form and J. Tucker believes it is a form of Conus philippii Kiener 1845 (Pers. Comment, Kersten); see sennottorum entry -

? Conus gibsonsmithorum Petuch 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)
? Conus gibsonsmithorum Petuch 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus gilchristi Sowerby II 1903 (Image Paul Kersten)
Considered by most to be a form of Conus natalis Sowerby 1858 (See there) but may be a valid species: Veldsman (The Strandloper 257 March 1999) regards it as a valid species; in most cases less patterned than Conus natalis Sowerby, with a pale pink pattern over the entire shell.

Conus gilvus Reeve 1849 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Indonesia
Maximum size: 40 mm

? Conus giorossii Bozzetti 2005 (Image Marco Ferrario)
- Validity disputed; a species formerly described by G. Raybaudi Massilia and Ormas as a member of the sertacinctus/ solomonensis complex; according to Filmer valid or a synonym (form) of Conus collisus Reeve 1849; light waxy shell; last whorl conical-ventricosely conical; right side convex, left side adapically convex; spire average high with concave outline; shoulder subangulate; four spiral ribs cover the subsutural ramp; last whorl smooth on adapical half, grooved by about 15 spiral lines in abapical half; colour pink-violet, opaline, on mid body 2 spiral ochre-golden bands, made by dots, dashes and irregular flecks; such ornament less evident and not merging in stripes may be under the shoulder and at the base; protoconch whitish, transluscent; aperture ochre-orange to orange-pink on a waxen background ring -

Distribution: Flores, Indonesia
Maximum size: 28,65 mm

Conus giorossii Bozzetti 2005 (Image Marco Ferrario)

Conus gladiator Broderip 1833 - Gladiator Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus gladiator Broderip 1833...20 to 25mm. ..Interrupted orange-tan axial bars...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus gladiator Broderip 1833 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus glans Hwass 1792 - Acorn Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific excluding Hawaii
Maximum size: 58.8 mm

Conus glans Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus glans Hwass1792...30mm...Good locality... Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)

Conus glaucus Linnaeus 1758 - Glaucous Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus glaucus Linnaeus 1758 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus glaucus Linnaeus 1758 - Unusual dark variant (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus glenni Petuch 1993 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Bullet shaped; shoulder distinctly rounded; body whorl heavily sculptured with numerous large, coarse, closely-packed spiral cords; uniformly bright red orange with a distinct pinkish-white midbody band with variable numbers of pale brown and white flammules.

Distribution: Caribbean Panama
Maximum size: 19 mm

Conus glenni Petuch 1993 (Image A. Poremski)
Conus glenni Petuch 1993 (Image from Femorale Site)

? Conus glicksteini Petuch 1987 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A valid species possibly a form of Conus amphiurgus Dall 1889; a slightly rounded shoulder with broad bands of salmon-pink on a lighter salmon background.

Distribution: E. Florida USA
Maximum size: 22 mm

(Conus (Rhizoconus) gloriakiiensis (Kuroda & Ito 1961) - synonym of Conus recluzianus Bernardi 1853; See there.

Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777 - Glory of the Seas Cone (Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Samoa, Fiji and Indonesia
Maximum size: 168 mm

Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...115mm...Dark fine patterned specimen with good view of lip..Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...113mm...Marvy monster specimen...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...103mm   ...Tight pattern - "the classics"...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...95mm   Classical form...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...95 to 96mm...Typical examples of this truly gorgeous species ...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...89mm...Very fine pattern...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...76mm...Many white tents with a few gold patches...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...75mm...Has the very fine-grained pattern that is often a favorite gloriamaris form...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...70mm... Unusual dark...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus goajira Petuch, 1992 Type specimen (Carnegie Museum of Natural History, CMNH 47372, we wish to thank Timothy A. Pearce for the picture)
- Often seen as a member of the "daucus complex" (see there for more info) but possibly a form of Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889; similar to Conus boui Da Motta 1988 but stouter, more pyriform, with a relatively higher spire and more sharply-angled shoulder; more pyriform and wider shoulder more concave lip than Conus norai Da Motta Raybaudi 1992.

Distribution: Caribbean Colombia
Maximum size: 46 mm

Conus gondwanensis Röckel & Moolenbeek 1995 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- a small, light shell; spire moderate high; outline spire deeply concave; shoulder slightly tuberculate to carinate; last whorl broadly conical to slightly pyriform; sides convex above shoulder and slightly attenuate on the base; surface of last whorl smooth in holotype but other specimens with about 20 granulated spiral ribs; ground colour white, last whorl with 2 light brown spiral bands, below and above centre.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus gordyi Röckel & Bondarev 2000 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Postnuclear whorls, except for last whorl, strongly tuberculate; last whorl conical outline nearly straight shoulder tuberculate, undulate or carinate spire moderately high outline concave with about 25 spiral ribbons from base to shoulder, separated by narrow spiral grooves with close-set axial threads; ground color white, last whorl with 3-4 bands of orange bars or rectangular dashes, spire variably spotted with the same color; aperture matching the exterior coloration, at times slightly violet basally; larval shell white.

Distribution: Saya de Malha Bank, Mascarenes
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus gracianus Da Motta & Blöcher 1982 - a form of Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758; See there; possibly a valid species.

Conus gradatulus Weinkauff 1875 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: S. Africa
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus gradatulus Weinkauff 1875 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus gradatus Wood 1828 - Gradated cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 84 mm

? Conus gradatus f. regularis Sowerby I 1833 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Possibly a separate species.

Distribution: Tropical W. America

Conus grahami Röckel, Cosel & Burnay 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sao Vicente Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: 26 mm