An Illustrated Checklist

of

Recent Conidae

dalli Stearns to lizarum Raybaudi & Da Motta



abbas Hwass to cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby
locumtenens Blumenbach to rizali Olivera & Biggs
roberti Richard 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...57.7 mm Panama   (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...57 mm....Panama   (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...52 to 54 mm...Panama    (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...52 mm...Panama   (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...43 mm....Mexico   (Image Schooner)
Conus dalli Stearns 1873...41 & 31mm....Costa Rica   (Image Schooner)



Conus damasoi Cossignani 2007   (Image Paul Kersten)
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   (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   (Image Schooner)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990...16 to 20mm....Maio Isl., Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus damottai galeao Rolán 1990....16mm....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 Bill Fenzan)
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...Dom. Rep.   (Image Schooner)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792...37.5mm...Dominican   Rep.  (Image Schooner)
Conus daucus Hwass 1792...29 to 35mm...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)

See also: http://www.seashell-collector.com/articles/2003/boui111203/boui.htm


? Conus daucus f. goajira Petuch 1992
- A form similar to Conus 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 Conus boui Da Motta and Conus 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 Conus goajira Petuch 1992 and larger than its congeners.

Distribution: E. Brazil
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus daucus f. riosi Petuch 1986   (Image from Femorale Site)


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

Distribution: Columbia
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus daucus f. vikingorum Petuch 1993




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...16.5 mm...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)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_11100.html



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...   (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...18 to 19mm...   (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...18 to 19mm...   (Image Schooner)
Conus delanoyae Trovão 1979...17mm...   (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   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus delessertii Recluz 1843...53mm...Florida    (Image Schooner)
Conus delessertii Recluz 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)



? Conus delucai Coltro 2004 - Deluca's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Status disputed by some; according to Filmer it is a valid species
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)

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



??? Conus deprehendens Prelle 2009   (Image from the description)
- In my opinion a patternless form of Conus betulinus L., 1758

Distribution: Madagascar
Maximum size: 76.4 mm



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 26 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990...19 to 20 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990...19 & 20 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes 1990...18 mm....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 desidiosus A.Adams 1854   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus desidiosus A.Adams 1854   (Image Armando Verdasca)
Conus desidiosus A.Adams 1854   (Image Armando Verdasca)
Conus desidiosus A.Adams 1854   (Image Armando Verdasca)
Conus desidiosus A.Adams 1854   (Image Armando Verdasca)



Conus (Magelliconus) deynzerorum (Petuch 1995) (Image Chris Meyer)
- 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 deynzerorum Petuch 1995   (Image Alexander Medvedev)



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...44 mm...Mexico    (Image Schooner)
Conus diadema Sowerby 1834...33 mm...Galapagos    (Image Schooner)



Conus (Leptoconus) dictator (Melvill 1898) (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often erronuously called Conus 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)...36-38 mm...India    (Image Schooner)
Conus dictator (Melvill 1898)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus dieteri Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet 2008   HOLOTYPE
- Shoulder carinate; small nodules on the post nuclear whorls ending in numerous nodules on the body whorl; outline of the body whorl pyriform with about 20 spiral grooves on the entire ventral side and about 17 on the dorsal side; grooves a bit wider than ridges, in in the grooves arcuate radial threads; teleoconch white, on the spire irregular brown blotches; body whorl with brown spots on the interior part more or less forming a band; base a bit purplish

Distribution: Marquesas Archipelago
Normal size: Holotype 16,9 mm

Conus dieteri Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet 2008   Paratype



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 dondani Kosuge 1981  (Image Michel Jolivet)



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

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: mm



Conus dorotheae Monnier & Limpalaër 2010   (Image Monnier & Limpalaër)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 44,4 mm

Conus dorotheae Monnier & Limpalaër 2010   (Image Monnier & Limpalaër)
Conus dorotheae Monnier & Limpalaër 2010   (Image Monnier & Limpalaër)
Conus dorotheae Monnier & Limpalaër 2010   (Image Monnier & Limpalaër)



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    (Image Paul Kersten)
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...62.5 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus eburneus Hwass 1792...48 to 54 mm...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: 69,9 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  (Image Carlo Maccá)
- 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 echo Lauer 1988  (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus echo Lauer 1988  (Image Carlo Maccá)
Conus echo Lauer 1988  (Image Carlo Maccá)
Conus echo Lauer 1988  (Image Carlo Maccá)



? 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 eldredi (Morrison 1955)  (Image Michel Jolivet)



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 Reeve 1844   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus emarginatus Reeve 1844  (Image Paul Kersten)

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 empressae Lorenz 2002   (Image Mike Filmer)
By some authors regarded as a form of Conus boeticus Reeve, 1844

Distribution: Sea of Flores, Indonesia
Maximum size: 24,9 mm



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...28 mm....Marquesas Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus encaustus Kiener 1845...2 3mm...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...73 mm...Mozambique   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...68 mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...66 mm....Thailand   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...64.5 mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...64 mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...56.5 mm...Solomon Islands   (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...55 mm...Australia    (Image Schooner)
Conus episcopatus da Motta 1982...48mm...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    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ermineus Born 1778...50 to 53 mm...Angola   (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778....42 to 45mm...Senegal   (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778....42 to 44mm....Senegal   (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778....34 40 and 46mm'...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 56 mm...Curacao   (Image Schooner)
Conus ermineus Born 1778...59mm...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)

See also: http://www.gemmedelmare.net/gallery_image.php?id=2558
and
....... http://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=757



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 estivali Moolenbeek & Richard 1995  PARATYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)



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...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...35.3 mm...Japan   (Image Schooner)
Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943...30.5 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943...28 mm...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: 111 mm

Conus excelsus Sowerby 1908   (Image Paul Kersten)



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...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...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus fantasmalis Rolán 1990....17mm...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 - 12 mm Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...11 mm.... (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...11 mm...Cape Verde Is   (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...10 to 12 mm....Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus felitae Rolán 1990...10 to 11 mm...  (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...83 mm...Costa Rica    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1873...60 to 70 mm...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1873   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus fernandesi Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   Holotype  (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- Last whorl ventricosely conical to broadly and ventricosely conical; strongly angulated shoulder; spire dark brown with alternating white blotches; sutural ramps flat, striated with 4-6 spiral grooves leaving ribbons of variable width; last whorl smooth except for 5-6 equally spaced fine spiral ribs in the basal portion and around the columella region; color of the last whorl is dark brown, but usually lighter colored than the spire, with an olive green shade, covered by close interrupted spiral lines alternating white and brown; in almost all specimens a lighter-colored narrow band appears below the midpoint of the last whorl; this bandconcists of small white blotches, sometimes tent-shaped , alternating with a reddish brown coloration; other fainter bands are often present at the midpoint of the last whorl and below the shoulder; aperture dark near the inner lip and white towards the interior, with a pale blotch in the inner part; colemella white

Distribution: Santo Antao, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 21,6 mm

Conus fernandesi Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   Holotype  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus fernandesi Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   Holotype  (Image Alexander Medvedev)



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...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792...52mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus ferrugineus Hwass 1792..79mm...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 - 102 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...91mm...Zanzibar    (Image Schooner)
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...81 & 87mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758...59mm...  (Image Schooner)



Conus fijiensis Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   HOLOTYPE
- Narrowly conical shell, slightly pyriform, spire slightly concave with slightly stepped whorls Shoulder ramp with 3 or 4 fine spiral threads and numerous fine axial wrinkles; last whorl with about 30 grooves, interspaces between grooves smooth and flat; colour of the last whorl white with two ill-defined brown bands, an irregular pattern of axially elongated brown blotches, and one fine brown line in the centre of many grooves interspaces; spire with with irregular, radiating brown patches; aperture white

Distribution: Fiji
Maximum size: 21,1 mm

Conus fijiensis Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   Paratype



Conus fijisulcatus Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   HOLOTYPE
- Shell broadly conical; spire rather high and straight; protoconch smooth, glossy and transparant; teleoconch sloghtly concave with two spiral grooves in the first whorl, first teleoconch whorl with about 14 nodules, gradually diminishing and lacking on the last two whorls; suture deep; colour on the first whorls dominated by brown blotches, gradually becoming more white; shoulder angulate with a prominent white rim; body whorl straight, slighly convex near the shoulder; upper part smooth below about 30 spiral grooves, in these grooves fine axial riblets; on the lower spiral ribs fine nodules; colour brown with a few white spirals, the most prominent one in the middle; base white

Distribution: Fiji
Maximum size: 54,9 mm

Conus fijisulcatus Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   Paratype



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   HOLOTYPE   (Image A. Kohn)
- 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 flammeacolor Petuch 1992   (Image Paul Kersten)



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....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 Bill Fenzan)

- 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 flamingo Petuch 1980   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)


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...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   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus flavus Röckel 1985...55mm...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 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 36 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus floridulus.Adams & Reeve 1848...26- 27 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848...24 mm... Solomon.Is.   (Image Schooner)
Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve 1848...14-17 mm...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 20 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...16 to 17 mm ...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...16 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus fontonae Rolán & Trovão 1990...14 to 15mm...Cape Verde   (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...Red Sea   (Image Schooner)
Conus fumigatus f. blainvillei Kiener 1845...24mm...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....Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...51mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...44mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...41 to 50mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...36 to 43mms...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...34 and 44mm...Phillipines   (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...32 to 34mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus furvus Reeve 1843...28 to 34mm...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

See also: http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+furvus+polygrammus+Tomlin%2C+1937


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: 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 form with brown spots  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus garciai da Motta 1982...56.8 mm...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 gauguini Richard & Salvat 1973   (Image Michel Jolivet)
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_5033.html



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   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767  (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...51mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767...41 & 42mm...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. krabiensis da Motta 1982   (Image Paul Kersten)


? 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...Mozambique   (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792...56mm...Mozambique   (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792...66mm...Gulf of Aqaba   (Image Schooner)
Conus generalis f. maldivus Hwass 1792...54mm...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   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758...40 to 47 mm...Angola    (Image Schooner)
Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758...40 to 44 mm...Guinea   (Image Schooner)
Conus genuanus Linnaeus 1758...34 to 37 mm....Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)



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

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 160 mm


Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...124 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...120 mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758....117 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus geographus Linnaeus 1758...105 mm...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 gigasulcatus Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008    HOLOTYPE
- Shell large, broadly conical, moderately solid; spire rather low and slightly concave; last whorl with 12 strong nodules; suture rather deep; colour basically white interrupted by brown blotches; shoulder angulate; last whorl straight, slightly convex near the shoulder, adapical half smooth, abapical part with about 26 spiral grooves, crossed by irregular fine axial riblets; on the abapical spiral cords a few small nodules; colour dark white with a pattern of brown dotted spirals; in the middle these brown/white spiral lines have a broader band of brown blotches; base white

Distribution: Fiji
Maximum size: 73,1 mm

Conus gigasulcatus Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008    Paratypes
Conus gigasulcatus Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008   (Image Philippe Quiquandon)



? 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 giorossii Bozzetti 2005   (Image Paul Kersten)


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

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus gladiator Broderip 1833...20 to 25mm...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...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...115 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...113 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...103 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...95 mm...Philippines     (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...95 to 96mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...89mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz 1777...70mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



Conus glorioceanus Poppe & Tagaro 2009   (Guido Poppe)
- Description based on one single specimen; there is still a lot of confusion about the status of the curious shell
Broadly conical shape, outline of the last whorl is straight, aperture is wider at the base than near the shoulder, shoulder is broadly carinate and smooth; protoconch and top white, later teleoconch whorls are white covered by a pattern of irregular lines, set in triangles, base color of the body whorl is white and covered with a fine pattern of small triangles, these tents are more dense in some areas and as such form two broad, darker, spiral bands, a pale spiral band at mid-whorl ornamented with two very thin darker bands; inside of the aperture is solid pure white

Distribution: Mindanao, Philippines
Maximum size: 49,6 mm



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 Paul Kersten)
- 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 Wood 1828   (Image Paul Kersten)


? Conus gradatus f. regularis Sowerby I & Sowerby II 1833   (Image Paul Kersten)
According to Mike Filmer Conus regularis is a valid species

Distribution: Tropical W. America



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

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

Conus grahami Röckel, Cosel & Burnay 1980  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)


Conus grahami luziensis Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1983   (Image Antonio Monteiro)
- A subspecies

Distribution : Santa Luzia Island, Cape Verde
Normal size : about 26 mm

Conus grahami luziensis Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1983   (Image Antonio Monteiro)
Conus grahami luziensis Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1983   (Image Antonio Monteiro)
Conus grahami luziensis Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1983   (Image Alexander Medvedev)



?? Conus grangeri Sowerby 1900 - Granger's Cone   (Image Gene Mallory's Site)
- Often confused with Conus batheon Sturany 1904. They may be synonymous. Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet 2008 consider Conus grangeri "...a nomen dubium since the type lacks its larval shell which is essential for the identification of this group of closely related cones", the same authors state that Conus batheon is endemic to the Red Sea

Distribution: Red Sea and Sri Lanka
Maximum size: 76 mm

Another image from Gene's site, as Conus batheon Sturany 1904 (As currently found in gastropods.com, image 2 of batheon.)



Conus granulatus Linnaeus 1758 - Glory of the Atlantic Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Slender body whorl heavily corded; obtuse convex spire with several threads; colour from pale yellow to bright red; on some shell a band with black black brown markings.

Distribution: West Indies: USA: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche Quintana Roo; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curaçao; Bahamas: New Providence; Cuba: North Havana Province Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Antigua, Martinique, Barbados
Maximum size: 64 mm


Conus granulatus Linnaeus 1758   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus granulatus Linnaeus 1758...35 mm....Curacao    (Image Schooner)
Conus granulatus Linnaeus 1758...35 mm...Honduras   (Image Schooner)
Conus granulatus Linnaeus 1758   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus granum Röckel & Fischöder 1985   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Maldives, Taiwan, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Mauritius, W. Australia
Maximum size: 36 mm


Conus granum Röckel & Fischöder 1985...24mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus granum Röckel & Fischöder 1985...12mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)



Conus gratacapii Pilsbry 1904   (Image Mike Filmer)

Distribution : RyuKyu Islands to Taiwan and possibly Japan
Maximum size : 31 mm



Conus grohi Tenorio & Poppe 2004 - Groh's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a synonym (colour form) of Conus spirofilis Habe & Kosuge 1970
- last whorl broadly conical with a moderate spire and a carinate shoulder; shape pyriform; protoconch with 3 transluscent whorls; last whorl glossy, basal third covered with spiral grooves; aperture rather narrow ivory coloured with a little bit pink; pattern on the spire faint brown radial flecks; fine spiral rows of dashes on the body whorl; colour ivory; 3 bands of interrupted cloudy brown blotches.

Distribution : Aliguay Island Philippines
Maximum size : 26.7 mm

Conus grohi Tenorio & Poppe 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus guanche Lauer 1993   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Often called C. guinaicus Hwass, 1792, which is a different species not living around the Canary Islands.

(Conus nitens Lauer 1993) - synonym of Conus guanche Lauer 1993

Distribution: Canary Islands
Maximum size: 38 mm


Conus guanche Lauer 1993   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus guanche Lauer 1993   A specimen from Morocco  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus guanche Lauer 1993   Brown specimens  (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus gubernator Hwass 1792 - Governer Cone    (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Natal S. Africa, E. Africa: Madagascar to Somalia, Mascarenes, Seychelles to Maldives and Laccadives
Maximum size: 105.7 mm


Conus gubernator Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus gubernator Hwass 1792 ...79mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus gubernator Hwass 1792...76mm...Zanzibar    (Image Schooner)
Conus gubernator Hwass 1792...73mm....Mozambique    (Image Schooner)
Conus gubernator Hwass 1792...66mm...Zanzibar    (Image Schooner)
Conus gubernator Hwass 1792...58mm...Réunion   (Image Schooner)


Conus gubernator f. leehmani da Motta & Röckel 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form found in the Maldive Islands; most often without much pattern; white to rose.

Distribution: Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean
Maximum size: at least 65 mm

Conus gubernator f. leehmani da Motta & Röckel 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_3878.html


Conus gubernator f. terminus Lamarck 1810   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A striking colour form with distinctive pattern. A couple of the images in the gubernator Hwass pile above, are also this form.


Conus gubernator f. veillardi da Motta 1978   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form - a local variant.

Distribution: Iles Glorieuses
Maximum size: 60 mm



Conus (Fumiconus) guidopoppei Raybaudi 2006   (Image Paul Kersten)
- last whorl narrowly conical, outline almost straight, left side slightly concave above base; shoulder sharply angulate to carinate; larval shell smooth and glossy; basal half of the last whorls with spiral grooves, in small specimens extending to shoulder; ground colour white, last whorl with reddish brown to dark brown blotches, some specimens brown, yellow, orange or white; closely spiral rows of alternating reddish brown and white dots and dashes, a less dense central belt; base usually white; protoconch off white; aperture white in dark specimens, in yellow/ orange specimens yellow to orange

Distribution: Balabac Palawan, Philippines
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus guidopoppei Raybaudi 2006   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus guidopoppei Raybaudi 2006   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus guinaicus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Africa
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus guinaicus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus guinaicus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)

See also, for a GREAT bunch of variants: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5408.html

and: http://www.coneshell.net/pages/c_guinaicus.htm


(?? Conus franciscanus Hwass 1792)   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site) - possible form, more likely a synonym.



Conus habui Lan 2002   (Image Paul Kersten)
- White protoconch, smooth, sharply pointed, spire deeply concave, with light brown radial markings or blotches on white ground colour; shoulder angulate, with spiral rows with white pustules; last whorl tapering to siphonal canal; almost straight sides with 2 light brown wide bands; sculptures strong and round spirally

Distribution: Japan, Philippines
Maximum size: 30 mm



Conus hamamotoi Yoshiba & Koyama 1984   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Japan, New Caledonia, Coral Sea
Maximum size: 24 mm

Conus hamamotoi Yoshiba & Koyama 1984   (Image Thierry Vulliet)


Conus hamamotoi Yoshiba & Koyama 1984   (Image THierry Vulliet)



Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis 1986  PARATYPE  (Image Bill Fenzan)

Distribution: Red Sea
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis 1986   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus harlandi Petuch 1987   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Shell tapered, elongated; spire low, almost flattened; edge of shoulder sharp,. smooth; body whorl polished, shiny covered with numerous very fine closely packed spiral threads; shell colour reddish-brown to chestnut, overlaid with 12-15 bands of tiny white flammules and dots; one wide white band around the shoulder, one around anterior tip both containing tiny reddish-brown dots and flammules; aperture with rose-pink shading.

Distribution: Caribbean: Honduras
Maximum size: 36 mm

Conus harlandi Petuch 1987...17mm...Honduras   (Image Schooner)



?? Conus harasewychi Petuch 1987
- A synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; see there



Conus havanensis Aguayo & Farfante 1947 (ventral views) - Paratypes -
(Image courtesy of Alan Kohn)

- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus jucundus Sowerby III 1887

Distribution: Cuba & Jamaica
Maximum size: 31 mm



? Conus helgae Blöcher 1992   (Image Felix Lorenz)

Distribution: Madagascar
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus helgae Blöcher 1992   (Image Eric Monnier)
Conus helgae Blöcher 1992   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus helgae Blöcher 1992   (Image Loïc Limpalaer) ? Conus helgae Blöcher 1992   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus henckesi Coltro 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Rather high stepped spire with white orange nodules and with numerous weak and curved axial threads; shoulder angulated and nodulose; slightly convex body with heavy granules; colour of the shell yellow-orange to red-orange sometimes with pale brown markings; aperture light yellow-orange.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 15.5 mm

Conus henckesi Coltro 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus hennequini Petuch 1993   (Image Paul Kersten)
- according to Filmer a valid species
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus ziczac Mühlfeld 1816
- Looks like a miniature specimen of Conus boui Da Motta 1988; smooth, shiny shell; uniformly pale tan on pale pinkish tan but a shallow water species with a thin periostracum. Conus boui is a deep water species with a thick hairy banded periostracum (Pers. Comm. Bruno Besse, PK)

Distribution: Caribbean: Martinique, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Maximum size: 23 mm

Conus hennequini Petuch 1993   (Image Bill Fenzan)



Conus hieroglyphus Duclos 1833 - Hieroglyphic Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Rather squat dark cone, black-brown to brown; spire medium low with some irregular brown markings; shoulder rounded; body whorl strongly convex; body sculpture with 12 beaded spiral lines; aperture wider at the base; lilac with a subcentral white band in old shells faded away; body whorl with white flammules usually interrupted white subcentral band and one at the base; occasionally one below the shoulder.

Distribution: Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands, Jamaica
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus hieroglyphus Duclos 1833   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus hilli Petuch 1990 - Hill's Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792
- Described as a valid species; shell stocky, broad across shoulder; spire low, flattened; shoulder sharply-angled; body whorl very smooth and shiny; deep purple-blue with blotchy light blue band around midbody marked with 4 rows of tiny reddish-brown dots; spire whorls with white large dark brown flammules; protoconch light orange; aperture narrow; inside purple.

Distribution: Caribbean Panama
Maximum size: 21 mm

Conus hilli Petuch 1990   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

See also:..http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+hilli+Petuch%2C+1990



Conus hirasei (Kuroda 1956) - Hirase's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, Taiwan, Philippines
Maximum size: 85 mm

Conus hirasei Kuroda 1956...46mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus hirasei Kuroda 1956...42mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus hirasei Kuroda 1956...42mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus hirasei Kuroda 1956   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus hivanus Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet 2008    HOLOTYPE
- Last whorl ventricosely conical; on the shoulder of the body whorl are 18 nodules; these nodules continue as a kind of axial ribs until halfway down the body whorl as granules on the spiral bands; lower part of the body whorl only has spiral bands with small grooves in between; color of the protoconch is white translucent; ground color white towards the aperture translucent white

Distribution: Marquesas Archipelago
Normal size: Holotype 15,7 mm

Conus hivanus Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet 2008



Conus honkeri Petuch 1988 - Honker's Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus flavescens Sowerby I & II 1834
- Very elongated shell; low spire; smooth, polished body whorl with numerous fine, low spiral cords; spiral rows coarser and more pronounced at enterior end; aperture straight, very narrow; color on dead taken and faded holotype: with two wide, pale yellow-orange bands around mid-body; anterior tip pale apricot; sire whorls with yellow fammules.

Distribution: Venezuela
Maximum size: 37 mm



Conus hopwoodi Tomlin 1936   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Melanesia, S. China Sea, Queensland Australia, S. Philippines
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus hopwoodi Tomlin 1936   (Image Paul Kersten) See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_5077.html



Conus howelli Iredale 1929 - Howell's Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: New South Wales Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 49 mm

Conus howelli Iredale 1929 - Howell's Cone   (Image Eric Monnier)

See also: www.seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Images/2544-1.jpg - image from the Seashell Club of Sydney's site.



Conus hunti Wils & Moolenbeek, 1979 - Hunt's cone   Holotype  (Image Bill Fenzan)

- A synonym of Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek 1979 Recognized later by the authors


Conus hyaena Hwass 1792 - Hyaena Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus mutabilis Reeve 1844)  - A synonym or a form) of Conus hyaena Hwass 1792.

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia to Hong Kong
Maximum size: 83,2 mm

Conus hyaena Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus hyaena Hwass 1792   A yellow specimen (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus hyaena Hwass 1792.   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus hyaena Hwass 1792...40 and 44mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus hyaena Hwass 1792...34 to 35mm. ..Bright orange specimens...India


Conus hyaena concolor Sowerby 1841   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies with a nearly straight last whorl and angulate shoulder or onvex last whorl and subangulate shoulder; uniform dark brown.

Distribution: Indonesia, Solomon Islands, New Guinea
Maximum size: 63 mm

Conus hyaena concolor Sowerby 1841   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus hybridus Kiener 1845 - Hybrid Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus hybridus Kiener 1845...40 to 45 mm...Senegal    (Image Schooner)
Conus hybridus Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus hybridus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus hypochlorus Tomlin 1937 - Hypo Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Filmer not a synonym of Conus insculptus Kiener 1845 from which it differs by it's straight spire with no sutural ramps.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 30 mm



? Conus iansa Petuch 1979  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A species within the "mindanus complex" according to Filmer a form; J. Tucker Pers. Comm. (Kersten): At present I think the bulk of the evidence is that they are different species assuming that they are sympatric (occur together).  It may well be that iansa is an offshore archipelagian subspecies of C. mindanus.  The two seem to differ mostly in how well nodules are developed.  Generally C. iansa has pretty well developed nodules.  These may be developed in small pustulose mindanus but usually they do occur on the earliest whorls (they do in C. iansa).  At present there is little evidence that the two occur together or whether thay are always allopatric. Small shell, shiny, squat with a wide heavily coronated shoulder; anterior half of the last whorl with 8-15 deeply impressed spiral sulci, posterior half smooth; elevated spire; colour variable from white to shades of pink and orange; colour pattern composed of dots and dashes in close-packed spiral rows overlaid with large patches of darker colour; spire with patches of darker colour; aperture white; Renata Gomes(thesis 2004)regards it as a valid species

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 16 mm

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



Conus (Asprella) ichinoseana (Kuroda 1956) - Ichinose Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan to Philippines, Vietnam, New Caledonia, Loyality Is., N.W. Australia
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda 1956)    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda 1956)...65 to 66mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda 1956)...58mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda 1956)...47mmr...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



Conus ignotus Cargile 1998   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus lindae Petuch 1987
- The shell is conical, and light in weight. The last whorl is slightly rounded; angulate shoulder; quite straight. The surface is smooth and glossy with regular light ribbing on the anterior third; spire is low, sutural ramps are decorated with 4 to 5 fine spiral striae, are flat, and are aligned with the spire outline such that the sutures are barely visible, smooth nuclear whorls; color of the body whorl is purple, mauve, violet, or pinkish orange, and may be overlaid with very pale brown blotches and white clouds aligned in indistinct spiral bands near midbody, and may be more or less covered with widely spaced minute brown dots or dashes in spiral rows; apex of the spire and following 3 to 5 teleoconch whorls invariably are colored a bright greenish yellow, and this is an important differentiating character for the species; later spire whorls may be decorated with a few brown, widely spaced radial crescents; aperture shares the same color as the body whorl, becoming violet or purple deeper inside.

Distribution: Nicaragua
Maximum size: 23 mm



Conus (Profundiconus) ikedai (Ninomiya 1987) - Ikeda's Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Sagami Bay Japan
Maximum size: 30 mm



Conus immelmani Korn 1998 - Immelman's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Ground colour white in adults; with lilac early postnuclear whorls; last whorl with 3 spiral bands with a reticulated pattern of olive-tan to brown; spiral rows of dark brown dots to short fine axial dashes extend from base to shoulder.

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 89.7 mm

Conus immelmani Korn 1998   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus immelmani Korn 1998   (Image Michel Jolivet)



Conus imperialis Linnaeus 1758 - Imperial Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus queketti Smith 1906) - A synonym (subadult specimen) according to RKK;

Distribution: Indo Pacific
Maximum size: 110 mm

Conus imperialis Linnaeus 1758...82 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)


Conus imperialis f. compactus Wils 1970 - Western Imperial Cone  (Image Paul Kersten Specimen in the Van Vilsteren Collection)
- A broader form living sympatrically with the nominate.


Conus imperialis f. fuscatus Linnaeus 1758 - Western Imperial Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a narrower last whorl; usually darker colouration; and irregular pattern with mainly axial orientated.

Distribution: East Africa
Maximum size: 110 mm

Conus imperialis f. fuscatus Born 1778   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus imperialis f. fuscatus Born 1778...55 mm...Zanzibar   (Image Schooner)
Conus imperialis f. fuscatus Born 1778   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus infinitus Rolán 1999   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Maio Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 21 mm

Conus infinitus Rolán 1999   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus infrenatus Reeve 1848 - Jeffreys Bay Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus infrenatus Reeve 1848   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus infrenatus Reeve 1848...41.5 mm...South Africa   (Image Schooner)
Conus infrenatus Reeve 1848   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843 - Engraved Cone  (Image from Paul Kersten)

(Conus keatiformis Shikama & Oishi in Shikama 1977) - A synonym.

Distribution: E. Africa: from Natal to Red Sea, and across the northern Indian Ocean to W. Thailand
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843...53 to 54 mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843...53mm...India   (Image Schooner)
Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843   An albino specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus inscriptus Reeve 1843...50 to 58mm...India   (Image Schooner)


Conus inscriptus adenensis Smith 1891   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; a somewhat higher spire, a narrower last whorl; a pink or orange aperture; pattern often darker blotched.

Distribution: E. Africa
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus inscriptus adenensis Smith 1891   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus inscriptus adenensis Smith 1891   (Image Paul Kersten)


Conus inscriptus f. bangladeshianus da Motta 1985   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form intergrading with the other forms; a brownish orange ground colour and an orange aperture.

Distribution: Bay of Bengal
Maximum size: 50 mm


Conus inscriptus f. cuneiformis Smith 1877   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form; almost completely white, sometimes yellow or orange.

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 47 mm


Conus inscriptus f. maculospira Pilsbry & Johnson 1921   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with a rather ventricose and prominently sculptured last whorl; aperture white

Distribution: Burma and West Thailand
Maximum size: 54 mm

Conus inscriptus f. maculospira Pilsbry & Johnson 1921   (Image Paul Kersten)


?? Conus inscriptus yemenensis Bondarev 1997   (Image Paul Kersten)
- An elusive beastie - - Possibly a valid species or a form of Conus salzmanni G. Raybaudi (Massilia) & Rolán 1997 (personal comm. by Gabriella Raybaudi Massilia).

Distribution: Gulf of Aden, Yemen

?? Conus inscriptus yemenensis Bondarev 1997   (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)



Conus insculptus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus insculptus Kiener 1845   (Image Paul Kersten)  A dark specimen from the Philippines
Conus insculptus Kiener 1845   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus iodostoma Reeve 1843 - Violet Mouth Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique and Madagascar
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus iodostoma Reeve 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus ione Fulton 1938 - Ione Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, Philippines, N.W. Australia, Loyalty Is., New Caledonia, Mozambique, Réunion
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus ione Fulton 1938...55 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ione Fulton 1938...52.5 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus ione Fulton 1938...50mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus ione Fulton 1938...50mm...Japan    (Image Schooner)
Conus ione Fulton 1938   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858 - Irregular Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858...29 mm...Cape Verde Is   (Image Schooner)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858...27 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858...25 & 29 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858...25 mm...Cape Verde    (Image Schooner)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858...24 to 28 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858...20 to 21 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus irregularis Sowerby 1858   (Image Paul Kersten)


Conus irregularis f. iberogermanicus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1980   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form with an entirely bluish-green colouration, often with one or two narrow whitish spiral bands.

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus irregularis f. iberogermanicus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1980   (Image from Paul Kersten)



Conus isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso 2004   Holotype   (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- Last whorl ventricosely conical; a low to moderate spire; shoulder rounded; last whorl a red brown colour with fine spiral lines of darker brown; ground colour is overlaid with irregular white markings; a spiral band of white markings in the middle of the body; on shoulder and spire brown and white blotches; aperture is white often with a purplish diffuse blotch.

Distribution : Maio Island, Cape Verde Archipelago
Maximum size : 30 mm

Conus isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus (Magelliconus) jacarusoi Petuch 1998   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Possibly a form (Tucker & Filmer) of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; smooth and shiny with a flat heavily coronated spire and a checkered band around the edge of the shoulder; brown, pinkish-brown or red-brown with white spire whorls.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 25 mm



Conus janus Hwass 1792 - Janus Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Africa: Mozambique and Madagascar
Maximum size: 76 mm

Conus janus Hwass 1792...60 and 61 mm...Madagascar   (Image Schooner)
Conus janus Hwass 1792...60mm...Mauritius   (Image Schooner)
Conus janus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus janus Hwass 1792   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 - Jasper Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire from high and pointed with slightly concave sides, to medium high with straight sides; shoulder sharply angled; sculpture of the body whorl with incised rings usually to half way up body whorl; body slightly convex with nearly straight sides; larger shells are much plumper; basic colour is white, usually with irregular patches of orange, or yellow brown, which extend to the shoulder; albino shells are common.

Distribution: Caribbean to Brazil
Maximum size: 31 mm

Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 - A very dark specimen from a recently discovered population; Roatan, Honduras    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 ...10 - 18 mm... Florida    (Image Schooner)
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)


? Conus jaspideus havanensis Aguayo & Farfante 1947
- Most likely is a full-blown species. See main entry.


Conus jaspideus f. stearnsii Conrad 1869 - Stearn's Dusky Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a valid species; See also main entry.

Distribution: E. Florida USA - Yucatan Mexico
Maximum size: 25 mm


Conus jaspideus f. verrucosus Hwass, 1792 -   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A granulose form with plain sharply angular shoulders with beaded shoulder; spire medium high, straight-sided or very slightly concave with growth lines and irregular markings; sculpture with incised spirals, alternating with raised spirals, on which are small raised white nodules; variably colour pattern.

Distribution: Caribbean to Brazil, E. Panama



Conus (Profundiconus) jeanmartini (G. Raybaudi Massilia 1992) - Jean Martin's Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Réunion Island
Maximum size: 41.7 mm

Conus (Profundiconus) jeanmartini (G. Raybaudi Massilia 1992)   (Image Michel Jolivet) Also: http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_4991.html



Conus jickelii Weinkauff 1873 - Jickelli's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: West Indian Ocean (excluding E. Africa & Madagascar), Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus jickelli Weinkauff 1873...39.5 & 38.5mm... Seriously contrasting display pair of jickles ...Djibouti  (Image Schooner)



Conus joliveti Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008    HOLOTYPE
- Shell shape narrowly conical, slightly pyriform; spire whorls with strongly tubercular keel situated at periphery on first three whorls, then subsequent whorls graduately less pronounced and situated lower on the whorl, with a proportionally broader ramp; shoulder ramp occupied by finely beaded spiral cords, interspaces slightly narrower than, to as broad as, cords; strong incremental riblets, opisthocline and continuous on shoulder, forming beads where they cross over spiral cords, prosocline and discontinuous, restricted to grooves between cords on last whorl; colour of the prtotoconch creamy; overall teleoconch colour creamy white with 3 rather distinctly set off, brown, broad spiral bands, and less well defined, narrow, axial stripes, alternatingly brown and white; spire creamy white with irregular axial brown patches extending from suture to shoulder; shoulder with spirally arranged white and brown streaks that do not correspond regularly with the tubercles

Distribution: Fiji and Indonesia
Maximum size: 29,1 mm

Conus joliveti Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet 2008  (Image Michel Jolivet)



Conus josephinae Rolán 1980 - Josephine's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus josephinae Rolán 1980  White and yellow forms   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus josephinae Rolán 1980...19mm... Dark chocolate brown form...Cape Verde Is.  (Image Schooner)
Conus josephinae Rolán 1980...19 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus josephinae Rolán 1980...18 to 19 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus josephinae Rolán 1980  Brown   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus josephinae Rolán 1980  Bright yellow form from Maio Island   (Image Paul Kersten)



Conus jourdani da Motta 1984 - Jorden's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten Specimens from the Mike Filmer collection)

Distribution: St. Helena Island, Ascension Island
Maximum size: 30,2 mm

Conus jourdani da Motta 1984 - Jorden's Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus jucundus Sowerby 1887 - Jucunda Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Caribbean: Bahamas, Cuba
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus jucundus Sowerby 1887   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus jucundus Sowerby 1887  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus jucundus Sowerby 1887   (Image Paul Kersten)


Conus (Purpuriconus) jucundus f. stanfieldi (Petuch 1988)   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- Described as a valid species; According to Filmer a form; having more knobs on the shoulder and spire whorls, a smoother last body whorl, lacking a distinct brown and white body whorl; lacking thin lined flammules and lacking large brown flammules.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 33 mm



Conus julieandreae Cargile 1995 - Julie Andrew's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Small shell with relative high white spire; distinct shoulder nodulus, grooves on spire whorls; dense pustules on the last body whorl; ground colour white overlaid with irregular orange blotches.

Distribution: offshore southern islands of Honduras and Nicaragua
Maximum size: 30,7 mm

Conus julieandreae Cargile 1995   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus julii Liénard 1870 - Mascarene Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Mauritius & Réunion Islands
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus julii Liénard 1870   (Image Bill Fenzan)
Conus julii Liénard 1870  (Image Courtesy of www.PrivateShellCollection.com)
Conus julii Liénard 1870 - Mascarene Cone   (Image Michel Jolivet)



Conus kalafuti da Motta 1987   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Small, obconic; shoulder angulate and sharply carinate; sides flat and tapering down; body whorl is smooth and glossy; ground colour golden yellow, with a wide band and mod body tesselated with irregular brown spots; some specimens completely yellow; spire is white decorated with brown strands in a radial pattern with a narrow zone overlapping the shoulder line; occasionally blotches and zigzag patches of white on the body whorl; aperture yellowish. According to Filmer: valid species; According to Tucker: synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792

Distribution: Caribbean: Honduras
Maximum size: 15 mm

Conus kalafuti da Motta 1987  A pink specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kalafuti da Motta 1987...12.5-13 mm...Roatan Is.   (Image Schooner)
Conus kalafuti Da Motta 1987   (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)
Conus kalafuti da Motta 1987   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



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

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 21 mm

Conus kanakinus (Richard 1983)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



? Conus kashiwajimensis Shikama 1971 - Kashiwajima cone
- Considered a subspecies of Conus suturatus Reeve 1844 by Callomon (Venus, 2002)
- According to Filmer a synonym (form) of the latter species
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus magus Röding 1798

Distribution: Japan to Taiwan
Maximum size: 90 mm



? Conus (Leptoconus) kawamurai (Habe 1962)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Could be a junior synonym of Conus aratispira Pilsbry, 1894, which is found only in the later Tertiary and Recent (ie, if Callomon is correct) fauna of Japan. This synonymy is discussed in detail by Callomon, 2000, Venus 59: 59-60. 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.

RKK : (Habe 1962); Filmer: Habe 1962 - Some authors regard it as a subspecies or a form of milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1895.

Conus kawamurai (Habe 1962)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Ryukyu Islands, S. Japan
Maximum size: 81 mm



Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   - Holotype   (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- Broadly conical shell. Straight or slightly convex sides, angulated shoulder; chestnut brown with small white blotches at the spire; sutural ramps of the spire with 3-4 fine spiral striae; last whorl smooth, except for 5-6 variably spaced spiral ribs in the basal portion and around the columella region; color of the last whorl is light to dark chestnut brown; on this background chestnut brown and white interrupted spiral lines, alternating with white dots or small bars are often present; variability comes from the number and distribution ot the interrupted spiral lines; these spiral lines are sometimes absent; and then the last whorl appears to be uniformly dark chestnut brown; aperture is white, with a violaceus shade in the upper part; inner lip is dark; colemella is white with a violet shade in some specimens

Distribution: Sao Nicolao, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 22,2 mm

Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   - Paratype from the Paul Kersten collection  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   (Image Carlos Afonso)
Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kersteni Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán 2008   (Image Alexander Medvedev)



Conus kerstitchi Walls 1978 - Kerstitch's Cone   (Thanks to the Los Angeles County National Museum for loan of the specimen to Illinois Natural History Survey and John K. Tucker, INHS for the photograph)
- According to Filmer "a valid species, although probably a junior synonym of Conus selectus Adams 1855" in that case Conus kerstitchi should take precedence "(nomen protectum)"

- The main characteristics of the species: a carinate shoulder, no or reduced nodules along the shoulder angle, no cords on the whorl tops- A turnip-shaped shell; creamy yellowish, suffused with salmon or salmon-tan at the base, below the shoulder and often with axial growth lines; covered with about 10-15 regular spiral rows of small squarish deep brown spots that are smallest at base and shoulder.

Distribution: West Mexico
Maximum size: 46 mm

Conus kerstitchi Walls 1978   (Thanks to the Los Angeles County National Museum for loan of the specimen to Illinois Natural History Survey and John K. Tucker, INHS for the photograph )
Conus kerstitchi Walls 1978   (Thanks to the Los Angeles County National Museum for loan of the specimen to Illinois Natural History Survey and John K. Tucker, INHS for the photograph )
Conus kerstitchi Walls 1978 - Kerstich's Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus kevani Petuch 1987 - Kevan's Cone   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus villepinii Fischer & Bernardi 1857
- A coronated relatively flat spire which lacks in the other small sculptured cones from the southern Caribbean; a small thin shell with an elevated shoulder; shoulder strongly keeled; body whorl heavily sculptured with 30 large cords, fine spiral threads between cords; colour pure white with 2 broken bands of pale brown dots, one above mid body, one below; aperture white.

Distribution: Venezuela
Maximum size: 17 mm



?? Conus kiicumulus Azuma 1982   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Disputed: a valid species or possibly a colour form of Conus kashiwajimensis Shikama 1971

Distribution: S. Japan, Ryukyu Islands
Maximum size: 41 mm



Conus (Rhizoconus) kimioi (Habe 1965) - Kimio's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan to Philippines, New Caledonia, Chesterfield Is.
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus kimioi (Habe 1965)   Close-up (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kimioi (Habe 1965)...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus kimioi (Habe 1965)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus (Chelyconus) kinoshitai (Kuroda 1956) - Kinoshita's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, China Sea, Philippines, Solomon Is., N.W. Australia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Réunion
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda 1956)  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda 1956)...64 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda 1956)...63 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda 1956)...63 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus kinoshitai.(Kuroda 1956)  (Image Michel Jolivet)


Conus (Chelyconus) kinoshitai f. calliginosus (Shikama 1979)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Described as a form with a pale greyish violet shell with a variably reduced pattern and narrow last whorl.

Distribution: Japan, China Sea, Philippines
Maximum size: 94 mm

Conus kinoshitai f. calliginosus (Shikama 1979)...74mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

See also http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_5261.html for some good examples.


Conus (Virgiconus) kinoshitai f. tamikoae (Shikama 1973)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form; yellow colour.

Distribution: Japan, China Sea, Philippines (very rare here)
Maximum size: 94 mm

Conus kinoshitai f. tamikoae (Shikama 1973)   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kinoshitai f. tamikoae (Shikama 1973)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge 1970 - Kintoki's Cone   
(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines to South China Sea
Maximum size: 102 mm

Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge 1970   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge 1970...88 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge 1970...68mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus kintoki.Habe & Kosuge 1970...65mm. ..Light peach specimen...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge 1970...62- 71mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge 1970...58.5mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



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



Conus (Rhizoconus) klemae (Cotton 1953) - Klem's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- RKK: (Cotton 1953); Filmer: Cotton 1953.

Distribution: Western South Australia
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus klemae (Cotton 1953)   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus klemae (Cotton 1953)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



?? Conus kohni McLean & Nybakken 1979   -Holotype (Specimen from LACM; picture taken by Hank Chaney SBMNH)
- According to Filmer a synonym or form of Conus xanthicus Dall 1910 - J. Tucker Pers. Comm. (Kersten) C. kohni is clearly different from C. xanthicusC. kohni has a radula that is different. The operculum of C. kohni is large; it is small in C. xanthicus.  The periostracum of C. kohni is smooth; it is tufted on the body and at the shoulder angle in C. xanthicus. The whorl tops of C. kohni are distinctly concave more or less channeled, whereas they are flat or just slightly concave in C. xanthicus.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific including Galapagos Islands
Maximum size : 35,3 mm

Specimens below all in LACM, pictures taken by J. Tucker:

Conus kohni McLean & Nybakken 1979
Conus kohni McLean & Nybakken 1979
Conus kohni McLean & Nybakken 1979



Conus (Leptoconus) korni (G. Raybaudi Massilia 1993)    (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus biraghii Raybaudi 1992

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size : 11.1 mm

Conus (Leptoconus) korni (G. Raybaudi Massilia 1993)
(Image from the original description)

Conus (Leptoconus) korni (G. Raybaudi Massilia 1993)  Paratype   (Image Bill Fenzan)



Conus (Asprella) kremerorum (Petuch 1988)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus villepiniiFischer & Bernardi 1857
- Small, thin elongated shell; spire whorls low; shoulder sharp-angled; carina and shoulder whorls coronated; ornamented with with row of beads; body whorl smooth and shiny; sculptured with numerous incised sulci, closer-packed at enterior end; incised sulci with tiny pits; spire whorls with 4 large spiral cords; aperture narrow; shell colour yellowish-tan with a wide band of pale orange-tan flammules; scattered pale orange-tan dots on body whorl above wide band of flammules; spire whorls with pale orange-tan flammules.

Distribution: Barbados
Maximum size: 30 mm



Conus (Lilliconus) kuiperi Moolenbeek 2006   (Image from Robert Moolenbeek)

Distribution: Oman
Maximum size: 5 mm



? Conus kulkulcan Petuch 1980 - Kulkulcan Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a valid species or a form (Tucker) of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; Strongly coronated shoulder; shell sculptured with 15-20 raised pustulated spiral cords; spire smooth; shell colour blue-gray with two wide dark grey-brown bands, one above shell midline, one below; raised spiral cords white with fine brown dots and dashes; body with pale blue-gray band, anterior tip blackish brown; spire and early whorls bright pink; spire pure white; early spire whorls with large black-brown blotches; aperture deep purple-blue.

Distribution: Caribbean Honduras: Roatan and Guanaja Islands
Maximum size: 36 mm

Conus kulkulcan Petuch 1980   (Paul Kersten)
Conus kulkulcan Petuch 1980   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus kulkulcan Petuch 1980   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)


? Conus (Purpuriconus) edwardpauli (Petuch 1998)   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- Most likely 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 (Asprella) kuroharai (Habe 1965)   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, Philippines, Loyalty Island
Maximum size: 67 mm

Conus kuroharai (Habe 1965)...63mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus kuroharai (Habe 1965)...62.5mm...Phillipines   (Image Schooner)
Conus kuroharai (Habe 1965)...60mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus kuroharai (Habe 1965)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus lamberti Souverbie 1877   (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)
- A valid species or possibly an endemic form (Tucker) of Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810 -

Distribution : Loyality Island, New Caledonia
Maximum size : 107 mm

Conus lamberti Souverbie 1877   (Image Michel Jolivet)
Conus lamberti Souverbie 1877   A picture of a live taken specimen  (Image Doug Thorn)



Conus (Profundiconus) lani (Crandall 1979)   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Loyalty Is., New Caledonia
Maximum size: 54 mm

Conus (Profundiconus) lani (Crandall 1979)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus (Profundiconus) lani (Crandall 1979)   (Image Alexander Medvedev)



Conus lapulapui da Motta & Martin 1982
- Considered by Filmer and by Röckel et al. to be a form of Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder 1943; See there.



Conus largillierti Kiener 1845   (Image Dream Shells)
- According to Filmer; valid species (Pers. comment, PK) - According to Tucker: synonym of Conus philippii Kiener 1845
- High spire, pointed, sides concave with very fine growth and spiral lines; sometimes spirals are strongly raised; markings concist of rows of squarish dots; colour is brownish orange.

Distribution: Gulf of Mexico
Maximum size: 22,5 mm

Conus largillierti Kiener 1845   (Image Dream Shells)
Conus largillierti Kiener 1845   (Image Dream Shells)
Conus largillierti Kiener 1845   (Image Dream Shells)



Conus laterculatus Sowerby III 1870   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines and Borneo
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus laterculatus Sowerby 1870...56.5mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus laterculatus Sowerby 1870....37 to 39mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



- Conus leehmani Da Motta & Röckel 1979 is a form of Conus gubernator Hwass 1792; See there.



? Conus leekremeri Petuch 1987   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A valid species or possibly a form (Tucker) of Conus stimpsoni Dall 1902; a pure shiny white shell; thin and elongated, body whorl shiny with numerous spiral cords; spiral whorls with 4 large spiral threads; aperture long and very narrow pure white -

Distribution: Off southern coast of Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Maximum size: 30 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_24510.html



Conus legatus Lamarck 1810 - Ambassador Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Mozambique, Seychelles, Réunion, W. Thailand to Okinawa, Marshall Is,. French Polynesia (but Not Hawaii)
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus legatus Lamarck 1810   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus legatus Lamarck 1810...26.5 mm...Solomon Islands    (Image Schooner)



Conus lemniscatus Reeve 1849 - Ribbon Cone  (Images from Eddy Hardy's Site)
- NOTE: often confused with Conus dictator Melvill 1898 an Indian Ocean species, per an error in Jerry Wall's famous (and occasionally notorious!) worldwide cone book.


Distribution: Brazil-Argentina
Maximum size: 60 mm

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


Conus lemniscatus carcellesi Martins 1945   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies.

Distribution: Brazil-Uruguay
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus lemniscatus carcellesi Martins 1945   (Image Paul Kersten)


Conus lemniscatus f. clenchi Martins 1943 - Clench's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A bold form.

Distribution : Brazil
Maximum size : 50 mm


Conus lemniscatus f. xanthocinctus Petuch 1980   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- Described as a valid species. According to Filmer a form of Conus lemniscatus Reeve 1849 (which is often confused with Conus clenchi Martins 1943, another form of lemniscatus Reeve); elongate, slender, thin and fragile, smooth shiny body whorl, bright golden-yellow coloured with three orange yellow bands, on just below the shoulder, one around the mid-body and one around the anterior end, sipral rows of brown dashes and scattered with flammules -

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 47 mm



Conus lemuriensis Wils & Delsaerdt 1989 is a subspecies of Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894; See there.



Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel 1982   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines and South China Sea
Maximum size: 77 mm

Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel 1982...58mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel 1982   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel 1982...46mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel 1982...43mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



? Conus lenhilli Cargile 1998 - Leonard C. Hill's Cone   (link to the article on Femorale's site. This photo-composite, also from the article, shows species variation well.)
- Perhaps a member of the genus Conorbis; last whorl is smooth and glossy; with very straight sides; spire moderately high; shoulder subangulate; colour of body whorl is white or cream with occasionally yellow or pale orange blotches below the shoulder or above base and spire; aperture white.

Distribution: Mouchoir Bank S.E. of Turks & Caicos Islands
Maximum size: 41.3 mm



Conus lentiginosus Reeve 1843 - Brown Flame Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: West coast of India
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus lentiginosus Reeve 1843 - Brown Flame Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_3918.html



Conus leobottonii Lorenz 2006   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Bodywhorl ventricosely conical with an angulate shoulder and a moderately low spire with a straight outline, body whorl is smooth and glossy; in the interior end is an area with shallow but distinct irregular spiral grooves; aperture slightly convex, graduately becoming wider anteriorly; protoconch is pale orange, ground color of the teleoconch is plain white; aperture white; body whorl color ranges from plain white to reddisch brown; two fainted transverse zones and a narrow, pale middorsal zone in the pale shells, in darker shells there are transverse zones of varying brown to pale grey coloration; early sutural ramps of some shells show few distinct darker dashes.

Distribution: Palawan, Philippines
Maximum size:68.8mm

Conus leobottonii Lorenz 2007   (Image Alexander Medvedev)
A juvenile specimen. The species tends to lose the pattern reaching adulthood



Conus leobrerai da Motta & Martin 1982   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Philippines and Solomon Is.
Maximum size: 31 mm



Conus leopardus (Röding 1798) - Leopard Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 221.5 mm

Conus leopardus Röding 1798  Form with almost no pattern   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus leopardus Röding 1798  Form with a dark pattern   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus leopardus Röding 1798  different patterns (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus leopardus Röding 1798...103 mm...Okinawa, Japan    (Image Schooner)
Conus leopardus Röding 1798... 92 and 95mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



(Conus lictor Boivin 1864) - synonym of Conus striatellus Link 1807.



Conus lienardi Bernardi & Crosse 1861 - Lienard's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Philippines?; according to Delsaerdt not in the Solomons
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus lienardi Bernardi & Crosse 1861   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus lienardi Bernardi & Crosse 1861  Uncommon yellow form (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus lienardi Bernardi & Crosse 1861  Uncommon dark form (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus lienardi Bernardi & Crosse 1861   (Image Michel Jolivet)



Conus lightbourni Petuch 1986   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus amphiurgus Dall 1889
- Shell elongate, slender, rounded shoulder; body whorl and spire shiny; body whorl with numerous faint raised spiral threads; aperture narrow, straight; base shell colour is orange overlaid with two wide bands of deep salmon-pink; bands ornamented with rows of large brown spots; spire salmon-pink with large flammules; aperture pale violet-purple.

Distribution: Bermuda
Maximum size: 48 mm



Conus limpusi Röckel & Korn 1990   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 38 mm

Conus limpusi Röckel & Korn 1990   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)


Conus limpusi f. albellus Röckel & Korn 1990   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A cream coloured unpatterned form.

Distribution
: Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 51 mm



?? Conus lindae Petuch 1987   (Image from Thomas Honker)
- Described as a valid species. According to J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)), it is valid. According to Filmer a form or synonym of Conus speciosissimus Reeve 1848 (which is a form or subspecies of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 (senior synonym of Conus ornatus Sowerby 1833)) - cute little mess there!!). (NOTE: It suspiciously closely resembles another magellanicus synonym: Conus sphacelatus Sowerby 1833); spire variable; shell colour variable in same population from pure white with very faint mottlings to pinkish-white with multiple rows of dark pink dashes and dots to pale pinkish-rose with two bands of large, dark rose blotches; spire whorls variable in colour from white to pink with flammules; shell shape variable too.

Distribution: E. Florida USA Bahamas
Maximum size: 31 mm

?? Conus lindae Petuch 1987   (Image from Thomas Honker)
?? Conus lindae Petuch 1987   (Image from Thomas Honker)



Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff 1875   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus subrosea Röckel & Korn 1992) - A synonym (subadult specimen).

Distribution: Japan, Taiwan, Queensland and W. Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Natal to Gulf of Aden and Oman
Maximum size: 75 mm


Conus lischkeanus kermadecensis Iredale 1912 - Kermadec Cone    (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; vivid orange-red blotched.

Distribution: Kermadecs, China Sea, Australia - E Africa
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus lischkeanus kermadecensis Iredale 1912 - Different patterns   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 60 mm


Conus lischkeanus f. tropicensis Coomans & Filmer 1985   (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form: most often unpatterned yellowish-orange.

Distribution: W. Australia, Oman, Mozambique, S. Africa
Maximum size: 45 mm



Conus litoglyphus Hwass 1792 - Lithograph Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Africa to Hawaii
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus lithoglyphus Hwass 1792...56 mm...Zanzibar    (Image Schooner)
Conus lithoglyphus Hwass 1792...52-53 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus lithoglyphus Hwass 1792...40 & 45 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)


Conus litoglyphus f. carpenteri Crosse 1865   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A banded sympatric color/pattern form with light and dark brown with only a narrow white band below the centre.


Conus litoglyphus f. seychellensis Nevill & Nevill 1874   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form without white bands -

Distribution
: Seychelles Islands
Maximum size: 55 mm



Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758 - Lettered Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 170 mm

Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758...100 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758...75 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758...69 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)



Conus lividus Hwass 1792 - Livid Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 80.8 mm

Conus lividus Hwass 1792....65 mm...Philippines    (Image Schooner)
Conus lividus Hwass 1792   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)



Conus lizardensis Crosse 1865 - Siboga Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus (Asperi) lizardensis sibogae (Schepman 1913)) - A synonym.

Distribution: Queensland Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
Maximum size: 55 mm



Conus (Hermes) lizarum (Raybaudi & da Motta 1992)    (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus traversianus E. A. Smith 1875

Distribution: Somalia
Maximum size: 36 mm

Conus lizarum (Raybaudi & da Motta 1992)   (Image Loïc Limpelaer)



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