An Illustrated Checklist

of

Recent Conidae

locumtenens Blumenbach to ritae Petuch

abbas Hwass to cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby
dalli Stearns to lizarum Raybaudi & Da Motta
roeckeli Rolán to zylmanae Petuch

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Conus locumtenens Blumenbach 1791 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Filmer: Although Conus acuminatus Hwass 1792 is a senior synonym of Conus locumtenens, a proposal to establish Conus acuminatus as having precedence was never submitted to ICZN. Therefore, the name of the species remains as locumtenens.

Distribution: Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus locumtenens Blumenbach 1791 Brown form (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus locumtenens Blumenbach 1791 (Image from Luciano Giombini's Site)
Conus locumtenens Blumenbach 1791...41.5mm...Nice pattern...Gulf of Oman. (Image Schooner)

- Conus lohri Kilburn 1972 is a colour form of Conus pennaceus Born 1778; See there-

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

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

Conus longilineus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus longilineus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro 1980 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus longurionis Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, E. Africa, W. Thailand
Maximum size: 46 mm

Conus longurionis Kiener 1845...31 to 32mm. ..Reddish-brown axial blotches distinguish this uncommon species from C. aculeiformis ...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus longurionis f. kantanganus da Motta 1982 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A geographical form; similar to the shells from East Africa; distinct flowing lines; same sculptural characteristic covering the entire surface from the apex to the base without any apparent interruption.

Distribution: India, W. Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines
Maximum size: 37.4 mm

Conus lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817 - A subspecies of Conus spurius Gmelin 1791; See there.

Conus loroisii Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Indies, Sri Lanka, Philippines, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
Maximum size: 120 mm

Conus loroisii Kiener 1845...60mm...An extremely attractive example: well worth having...Sri Lanka. (Image Schooner)

Conus loroisii f. huberorum da Motta 1989 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- An often distorted form with a aperture wider at base than near the shoulder; generally smaller and leighter in weight.

Distribution: India
Maximum size: 73 mm

Conus loroisii f. insignis Dautzenberg 1937 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a less rounded shoulder; last whorl tinged with grey or various shades of brown; colours aranged in blending spiral zones; variably fine, blackish brown lines from base to shoulder.

Distribution: Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Maximum size: 120 mm

Conus loroisii f. insignis Dautzenberg 1937...75 and 73.5mm...Lighter darker. Strong stripes...India. (Image Schooner)

Conus loyaltiensis Röckel & Moolenbeek 1995 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Small, light biconic; protoconch with glossy whorls; spire moderate high, outline deeply concave; postnuclear whorls nodulose and slightly stepped; shoulder weekly tuberculate and carinate with a ridge just below it; sides of last whorl slighly sigmoid, attenated near base; on the base of the last whorl about 20 spiral ribbons with flat surface, separated by axially grooves; upper part smooth; aperture straight, outer lip thin, milky white.

Distribution: Loyalty Ridge, New Caledonia
Maximum size : 21.8 mm

??Conus (Leptoconus) lozeti Richard 1980
- According to most authors a synonym of Conus amadis Gmelin 1791; according to Tucker a valid species from Madagascar

Conus lucaya Petuch 2000 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Filmer probably a synonym of Sowerby, 1887 or possibly a valid species - According to Tucker: synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792
- Bright red coloured with variably amounts of white blotches and flammules in a checkered pattern, aperture deep pink-rose; high spire.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 28 mm

Conus luciae Moolenbeek 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
Maximum size: 62 mm

Conus luciae Moolenbeek 1986 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus lucidus Wood 1828 - Spiderweb Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus lucidus Wood 1828...39mm...Good lucid pattern...Galpagos.  (Image Schooner)
Conus lucidus Wood 1828...31mm...Strong pattern...Panama.  (Image Schooner)
Conus lucidus Wood 1828  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus lugubris Reeve 1849 (Image Manuel Tenorio)
- According to Tucker a synonym of Conus cuneolus crotchii Reeve 1849, although lugubris is in his opinion a synonym of Conus aplustre Reeve 1843

Distribution : Sao Vicente Island, Cape Verde
Normal size : 18 mm

Conus luquei Rolán & Trovão 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus luquei Rolán & Trovão 1990 Different patterns (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus luteus Sowerby I 1833 - Luteus Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Yellow *or* white apex.

Distribution: N. Australia, Tuamotus
Maximum size: 54 mm

Conus luteus Sowerby 1833 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus luteus richardsae Korn & Röckel 1992 - Richard's Luteus Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; reddish violet; last whorl with 3 spiral bands of brown axial clouds, below the shoulder and on both sides of the shoulder; dashed spiral lines

Distribution: Philippines, New Caledonia
Maximum size: 48 mm

Conus luteus richardsae Korn & Röckel 1992 (Image Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus lynceus Sowerby 1858 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan, Philippines, Java, Solomon Is., Queensland Australia, W. Thailand
Maximum size: 95 mm

Conus lynceus Sowerby 1858   - A specimen with hardly any pattern   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus lynceus Sowerby 1858...75.5mm...Impressive shell...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus lynceus Sowerby 1858  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus lynceus Sowerby 1858...66.5mm...An excellent specimen...Indonesia.  (Image Schooner)

Conus macarae Bernardi 1857 - form of Conus voluminalis Reeve 1843; See there.

Conus madagascariensis Sowerby 1858 - Madagascar Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: subspecies of Conus pennaceus Born 1778

Distribution: S. India
Maximum size: 81.3 mm

Conus madagascariensis Sowerby 1858 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 - Magellan's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Guadeloupe, Bahamas, probably most of W. Indies, Columbia
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)

Conus magellanicus f. colombianus Petuch 1987 (Image from Eddy Hardy's Site)
- Described as a valid species: a form with orange brown with darker orange markings; shoulder sharp-angled; aperture white.

Distribution: Columbia
Maximum size: 57 mm

Conus magellanicus f. exquisitus Sowerby III, 1887 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A "distinct" colour form so far only found in the Bahamas, Antigua.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus magellanicus f. hilli Petuch 1990 - Hill's Cone (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
-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 magellanicus f. hilli Petuch 1990 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus magellanicus f. kirkandersi Petuch 1987 - Kirk Ander's Cone (Image from Paul Kersten)
- Described as a valid species, M. Filmer agrees; form with small with low spire, almost flattened, shoulder rounded smooth; body whorl sculptured with 12-15 large raised spiral cords and numerous fine spiral threads; shell colour pure white with 2 broad bands, one above mid-body and one below; bands often break up in blotches; anetrior tip of the shell brown; several rows of dark brown spots; spire white with dark-brown flammules; protoconch and early whorls yellow; aperture white with 2 brown bands -

Distribution: Caribbean E. Mexico
Maximum size: 19 mm

Conus magellanicus kirkandersi Reeve 1848 (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)
Conus magellanicus kirkandersi Reeve 1848 (Image Dream Shells)
Conus magellanicus kirkandersi Reeve 1848 (Image Dream Shells)
Conus magellanicus kirkandersi Reeve 1848 (Image Dream Shells)

Conus magellanicus speciosissimus Reeve 1848 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

- A subspecies or form of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 (senior synonym of Conus ornatus Sowerby 1833)

Distribution: Guadeloupe
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus magister Doiteau 1981 - form of Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus magnificus Reeve 1843 - Dignified Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Okinawa, Philippines, Solomon Is., Queensland, Tahiti, Marquesas, Samoa and Marshall Is.
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus magnottei Petuch 1987 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer: a valid species; Maybe a shallow water form of Conus kalafuti (Pers. Comm. Bruno Besse, PK)
- Small, low spire, smooth; body whorl smooth and shiny; color bright purplis-pink to lilac with numerous white patches and flammules; white or pale band around mid-body; protoconch and early whorls bright pink; aperture purple.

Distribution: Roatan Island, E. Honduras
Maximum size : 17 mm

Conus magus Linnaeus 1758 (Image from Paul Kersten)
- Probably the world's most variable cone species. The status of many forms is unclear or disputed.

Distribution: Indonesia to Japan, Marshall Is., Fiji
Maximum size: 93.8 mm

Conus magus f. assimilis A. Adams 1854 (Image Paul Kersten )
- A form with a last whorl that is ventricosely conical; pattern of irregular brown blotches speckled on white, irregular dotted spiral lines in and outside these blotches -

Distribution: Philippines, Australia
Maximum size: 85mm

Conus magus f. assimilis A.Adams 1854 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus magus f. borneensis Sowerby 1866 - Borneo Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A weak form - properly applied only to specimens from Borneo.

Distribution: N. Borneo
Maximum size: ?? mm

Conus magus f. carinatus Swainson 1822 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl conical, conoid-cylindrical or ventricosely conical; most uniform colour pattern with spiral bands, lines and axial streaks in shades of brown.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 75 mm

Conus magus f. carinatus Swainson 1822 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

Conus magus f. cernohorskyi da Motta 1983 - Cernohorsky's Magician's Cone (Image Gene Mallory's Site)
- A small form; last whorl ventricosely conical broader than in other forms of magus; rough surface, larval whorls pink.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus magus f. circae Sowerby 1858 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form from New Caledonia; most often ventricosely conical; distinct pattern with yellow, orange and brown and fine spiral lines.

Distribution: New Caledonia and Solomon Islands
Maximum size: 61 mm

Conus magus f. consul Boivin 1864 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form similar to form assimilus; see there.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: ?

Conus magus f. frauenfeldi Crosse 1865 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form from Indonesia with a distinct pattern; ground colour white with blackish brown blotches or flames that tend to be axially arranged.

Distribution: Indonesia
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus magus f. frauenfeldi Crosse 1865 (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)

Conus magus f. fulvobullatus da Motta 1982 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form similar to assimilis A. Adams

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 62.2 mm

Conus magus f..fulvobullatus da Motta 1982...60mm...Very dark...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

?? Conus magus f. metcalfii Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Accepted as a legitimate form by some, according to Filmer it is a synonym (subadult developmental stage); Filmer: synonym of Conus magus Linnaues 1758; RKK believe it could be a synonym of cernohorskyi da Motta 1983, above; relatively small and stout; irregular surface with yellow to black blotches.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: Probably about 50 mm

Conus magus f. metcalfii Reeve 1843 - Magician's Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus magus f. raphanus Hwass 1792 - Magician's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Form. Last whorl conical, more inflate below the shoulder than in other magus forms ; ground colour white; pattern of yellow to light brown spiral bands, brown axial streaks and dotted spiral lines in yellow or brown.

Distribution: Phillipines
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus magus f. signifer Crosse 1865 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Form. Last whorl reddish brown with white flecks in the midst of the body and the shoulder-

Distribution: Fiji at least
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus magus f. ustulatus Reeve 1843 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Form. Last whorl with sipral ribs and 2 broad pale yellow bands.

Distribution: Solomon Sea, Palawan Philippines
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus mahogani Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded by Chaney as a valid species, J. Tucker and Filmer agree; often seen as a form of Conus ximenes
Gray 1839.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands, W. Panama, Pacific Colombia
Maximum size: 48 mm

Conus mahogani Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus mahogani Reeve 1843 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Felix-Alves 1989 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Maio Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 36.3 mm

Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Felix-Alves 1989 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus malacanus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: India Sri Lanka
Maximum size: 77 mm

Conus malacanus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus maldivus Hwass 1792 - Maldive Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Considered by many to be a form of Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767. We concur, so see that species for info and photos.

Conus mappa Solander 1786 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker a subspecies of Conus cedonulli Linnaeus 1767
- Heavy shell with a rather short concave spire; aperture narrow and white; colour is milky-white with two spiral bands of yellow brown broken into many irregular patches or greyish white with yellow brown maculations; numerous spiral lines of short dark brown and white streaks placed on fine and weak spiral ridges near the base; shells from other location have a bit different patterns.

Conus mappa Solander 1786 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus mappa granarius Kiener 1845 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies.

Distribution: Caribbean: Colombia, Venezuela
Maximum size: 69 mm

Conus mappa granarius Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus mappa granarius f. panamicus Petuch 1991 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A small form, described by Petuch as a subspecies of Conus granarius Kiener1845. Regarded by Filmer as a synonym of Conus granarius which is a subspecies of Conus mappa Lightfoot 1786; smaller than the nominate form, stumpier, more biconically shaped with a proportionally higher spire; it lacks the spiral dots of the nominate and is a much paler.

Distribution: E. Panama
Maximum size: 37mm

Conus mappa granarius f. panamicus (Image Bruno Mathé www.zonatus.com)

Conus mappa f. sanctaemarthae Vink 1977 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form of Conus granarius Kiener 1845 (form of mappa Solander); background is purplish grey, often with various darker bands and numerous spiral lines of alternating cream and dark brown streaks; spiral lines weakly sculptured near the base; spire moderately concave; shoulder smooth.

Distribution: Colombia
Maximum size: 53mm

Conus mappa trinitarius Hwass 1792 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies; more whitish.

Distribution: Venezuela
Maximum size: 66.3 mm

Conus marchionatus Hinds 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Formerly considered a form or subspecies of nobilis L.

Distribution: Marquesas Islands
Maximum size: 68 mm

Conus marchionatus Hinds 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)

- Conus marielae Rehder & B. Wilson 1975 is a subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster; See there.

Conus marmoreus Linnaeus 1758 - Marble Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka to Fiji Islands
Maximum size: 149.9 mm

Conus marmoreus Linnaeus 1758 - Unfrequent golden form from New Caledonia (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus marmoreus f. "batarde" Prigent 1973 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a degenerated pattern. It is always very small - perhaps the gene which is responsible for the pattern abberation also stunts growth??

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 39 mm

Conus marmoreus f. batard Prigent 1973 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus marmoreus f. crosseanus Bernardi 1861 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Some authors consider it a subspecies or a species; Filmer and RKK consider it a form: rather axially lineate lines; dark brown pattern on bluish white ground.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 150 mm

Conus marmoreus f. crosseanus Bernardi 1861 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus marmoreus crosseanus f. lineata Crosse 1878 (Image Alexander Medvedev)
- A colour/pattern form of Conus crosseanus Bernardi; with additional ground-colour lines

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus marmoreus f. pseudomarmoreus Crosse 1875 (Image Zonatus)
- A form with an almost smooth shoulder.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus marmoreus f. suffusus Sowerby 1870 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form with distinct spire tubercles and without any pattern; white, pale pink or pale yellow.

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: ?? mm

Conus marmoreus f. suffusus Sowerby 1870 - Suffuse Cone (Image from Femorale Site)

Conus martensi Smith 1884 (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus alconelli Da Motta 1986) - junior synonym

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

Conus martensi Smith 1884 (Image Mike Filmer)

Conus mauricioi Coltro 2004 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a synonym of Conus archetypus Crosse 1865 - Possibly a synonym of Conus beddomei Sowerby III 1901; regarded by J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)) as a form of Conus ziczac Mülfeld 1816.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 29 mm

Conus mauricioi Coltro 2004 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus mayaguensis Nowell-Usticke 1968 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792
- Small shell; spire medium high, slightly concave to flat-sided; strong patches of colour on the spire; shoulder sharp with regular white patches; nuclear whorls pink; rather slender body with fine raised spiral lines; colour very variable and colourful from orange-red, reddish-brown, to bright pink; white central band with irregular patches of brown markings; lighter patch at tip of the base; aperture from mauve to pinkish.

Distribution: Puerto Rico
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus mayaguensis Nowell-Usticke 1968...26mm ...Puerto Rico. (Image Schooner)

Conus mazei Deshayes 1874 - Maze's Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Short very slightly concave spire with very fine nodulose spire whorls; sides with growth lines and about 6 very fine spiral striae; spaced spiral rows of brown dots above the whorl shoulders aligned with one another; body whorl is almost convex at the top, then slightly convex and tapering sharply to a sharp point; 9-10 spiral rows of prominent squarish red brown spots, which become smaller towards the base; sculpture concist of very fine close spiral grooves with 2 finely punctated grooves just below the shoulder and punctate basal striae-

Distribution: W. Florida USA - Mexico, Brazil
Maximum size: 58 mm

?? Conus mazei f. rainesae McGinty 1953 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A valid species acc. to Filmer or a form.

Distribution: Venezuela, Brazil
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus mcbridei Lorenz 2005 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Small shell, solid, slender and ventricosely conical; spire slightly domed with a distinctly projecting knob-like protoconch; shoulder rounded and very indistinctly coronate; larval shell smooth with two whorls; body whorl seems smooth and glossy but has hardly visible narrow spiral grooves; basal area has distinct spiral ribs; most of the shell is white with a very faint bluish tint towards the middle; the anterior third is seperated by a rich black tint

Distribution: Sulawesi Indonesia, New Ireland, Oahu Hawaii
Maximum size: 10,9 mm

? Conus mcgintyi Pilsbry 1955 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A valid species (Filmer) or possibly a form of Conus mazei Deshayes 1834 or Conus rainesae McGinty 1953; valid according to J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)); slender, narrow shell strongly sculptured with numerous small raised spiral that appeared beaded; having very fine verticals between the raised spirals; spire very high with concave sides, strongly beaded with stepped whorls; shoulder sharply angled; colour ivory white with about 10 spaced rows of small weak brownish squares.

Distribution : Florida to Brazil
Maximum size : 60 mm

( Conus mediterraneus Hwass, 1792) - synonym of Conus ventricosus Gmelin 1791; See there.

Conus medoci Lorenz 2004 (Image from the site of Felix Lorenz)
- Straight sided; shoulder convex; spire is low; body whorl is smooth except the anterior part where it has fine and dense spiral grooves; colour of the body whorl is brown with two paler spiral bands on which numerous conspicuous transverse lines of darker brown and white intermitted stripes.

Distribution : Madagascar
Maximum size : 67 mm

Conus medoci Lorenz 2004 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus melvilli Sowerby 1879 - Melvills Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus (Chelyconus) boschi (Clover 1972)) - A junior synonym.

Distribution: Oman to Persian Gulf
Maximum size: 23 mm

Conus melvilli Sowerby 1879 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus melvilli Sowerby 1879...21.5mm...The best pattern...Arabia. (Image Schooner)

Conus (Asprella) memiae (Habe & Kosuge 1970) - Memi's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- RKK: (Habe & Kosuge 1970); Filmer: Kosuge 1970.

Distribution: Japan to Philippines and Indonesia, Solomon Is., Fiji
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus memiae (Habe & Kosuge 1970)...27 and 23mm...Lovely pair of this pastel beauty...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus memiae (Habe & Kosuge 1970)  A very dark specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus memiae (Habe & Kosuge 1970)  A yellow specimen   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus mercator Linneaus 1758 - Trader Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus reticulatus Born I. von 1778) - A synonym.

(Conus lamarckii Kiener 1845) - A synonym.

Distribution: Senegal
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus mercator Linneaus 1758 A specimen from the Goree population (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus mercator Linneaus 1758 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus mercator f. cacao Ferrario 1983 - now considered a full species by some, M. Filmer does not agree (Pers. comment, PK) See main entry. (Image Schooner)

Conus messiasi Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán 1990 - Messiah Cone
(Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: 27 mm

Conus meyeri Walls 1979 is a subspecies of Conus biliosus Röding 1798; See there.

Conus micropunctatus Rolán & Röckel 2000 - Tiny Dot Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size : 35 mm

Conus micropunctatus Rolán & Röckel 2000 - (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus miles Linnaeus 1758 - Soldier Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 116.7 mm

Conus miles Linneaus 1758...74mm...DARK rugged specimen....Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus miles Linneaus 1758...69mm..."step-spire" on the last whorl...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus milesi E. A. Smith 1887 (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)

Distribution: Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf
Maximum size: 27 mm

Conus miliaris Hwass 1792 - Thousand Spot Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus miliaris f. fulgetrum Sowerby 1834- Lightning Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form, with distinctive pattern.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea
Maximum size: 43 mm

Conus miliaris f. fulgetrum Sowerby 1834 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

See also: http://www.jaxshells.org/1221s.htm
and........http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_i_m/Miliaris_fulgetrum.htm

Conus miliaris pascuensis Rehder H.A. 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies.

Distribution: Easter Island, Chile
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus miliaris pascuensis Rehder H.A. 1980 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1894 - Glory of India Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- This specimen is from Mozambique: hence it is the nominative form: Conus milneedwardsi milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1894)

Species as a whole:

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Natal to Red Sea
Maximum size: 180 mm

Conus milneedwardsi milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1894 (Image Paul Kersten)

Nominate, (a subspecies)

Distribution: KwaZulu Natal to Red Sea (Holotype from Gulf of Aden)
Maximum size: 170 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_1647.html - The first three photos are the nominative form, while the fourth, form "Nathalie", is the clytospira Melvill & Standen subspecies.

Conus (Cylinder) milneedwardsi clytospira (Melvill & Standen 1899) (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; often with more prominent pink background bands around the last whorl.

NOTE: This subspecies is usually confounded (ie, represented as) with the nominate form, which occurs only in E. Africa and the Red Sea. Therefore, when you see the name Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume 1894 from the Pakistan to India area, it is in reality the clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899, a subspecies.

Distribution: Pakistan - India - Sri Lanka
Maximum size: 180 mm

Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...150.8mm...staircase spire... India. (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...144mm  ...Classic large Glory of India...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...140.3mm...Lovely pattern...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...127mm  India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...112.5mm...Great apex lip & canal...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...102mm...Unusual pattern-lower pink band absent..India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899...77.5mm...Pattern typical...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill & Standen 1899 (Image from the site of Gene Mallory)

Conus milneedwardsi kawamurai Habe 1962 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded as a full species (Filmer) - See there.

Conus milneedwardsi lemuriensis Wils & Delsaerdt 1989 (Image Roberto Cotta Ramusino, shell in the Eric Monnier collection)
- A subspecies; a broader last whorl and a more uniformely reticulated pattern with less numerous and larger white markings.

Distribution: Réunion, Mauritius

Conus mindanus Hwass 1792 - Bermuda Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Brazil to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Bermuda
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus mindanus Hwass 1792... 21, 20, 18.5mm   ...Good pattern-variation set of Three...Florida.  (Image Schooner)
Conus mindanus Hwass 1792 ...20-22 & 23mm   ...Set of Three variations...Honduras. (Image Schooner)
Conus mindanus Hwass 1792...19mm...Pure violet. A worthy specimen...Florida. (Image Schooner)
Conus mindanus Hwass 1792...17.2mm..albino...Honduras.  (Image Schooner)
Conus mindanus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus mindanus Hwass 1792  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus mindanus agassizii Dall 1889 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; a little swollen in the middle; surface grooved except for upper part; grooves stronger below, and shouldered; spire high with curved ribblets; suture distinct; shoulder sharp with reddish brown dots; faint revolving series of brown dots and a few irregular longitudinal brown flames on the body whorl.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 45mm

Conus mindanus agassizii Dall 1889 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus mindanus agasizzii Dall 1889...35mm. ...Splendid specimen of this attractive form...Brazil. (Image Schooner)

Conus mindanus f. bermudensis Clench 1962 - Bermuda Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form; a smooth shell with somewhat convex sides; shoulder angulate; incised spirals towards base; spire medium high with strongly channeled whorls and very faint short brown lines just below the suture; colour whitish with pale pink motlings; aperture pinkish.

Distribution: Bermuda, Florida USA
Maximum size: 50 mm

? Conus mindanus f. duvali Bernardi 1862 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a form or synonym of Conus pusio Hwass 1792. This is a good possibility (Mayhew): they are quite similar.

Distribution: Possibly endemic to Brazil only
Maximum size: 25mm

? Conus mindanus f. iansa Petuch 1979 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A small form from Brazil; some authors consider it to be a valid species; see also main entry.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 16 mm

Conus iansa Petuch, 1979 (pirated from Felix Lorenz's site: he doesn't have a way of linking to a specific image separately, for this one at least!)

Conus mindanus f. vanhyningi Rehder 1944 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form; pink rose.

Distribution : Florida USA
Maximum size : 19 mm

Conus (Mamiconus) minnamurra (Garrard 1961) - Minnamurra Cone (Image Alistair Moncur)

Distribution: S.E. Australia
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus minnamurra (Garrard 1961) (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

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

Distribution: Sal Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: about 10 mm

Conus miruchae Röckel & Rolán & Monteiro 1980  - Close-up (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus mitratus Hwass 1792 - Miter-like Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 53 mm

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

Conus moluccensis Küster 1838 - Molucca Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan and Okinawa to Philippines and Indonesia, Queensland and Melanesia
Maximum size: 62,7 mm

Conus moluccensis Küster 1838   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus moluccensis marielae Rehder & Wilson 1975 - Mariel's Cone  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- A subspecies; last whorl sculptured with spiral ribs or ribbons; with rows of red to orange bars, spots and dashes; similar coloured axial markings below shoulder and on both sides of centre.

Distribution: Marquesas, Tuamotu, Marshall Islands
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus moluccensis marielae Rehder & Wilson 1975 - Mariel's Cone  (Image Loïc Limpalaer)

?? Conus moluccensis f. merleti Mayissian 1974 - Merlet's cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Doubtful form: most probably a synonym - according to RKK and Filmer. Mostly are smooth surfaced orange coloured specimens from New Caledonia, frequently offered as this form.

Distribution: W. Pacific, Réunion - Laccadives
Maximum size: 56 mm

Conus moluccensis f. stainforthii Reeve 1843  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with variably granulose spiral ribs; grooves between with a spiral thread; with light to dark brown rasial streaks and blotches.

Distribution: Philippines, Solomon Is., Papua New Guinea
Maximum size:

Conus monachus Linnaeus 1758 - Monastic Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indonesia to Philippines and Melanesia
Maximum size: 76 mm

Conus monachus Linnaeus 1758  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus monachus Linnaeus 1758  (Image Paul Kersten)
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_676.html

? Conus moncuri Filmer 2005 - Moncur's Cone  (Image Mike Filmer in Off Sea and Shore)
- Possibly a form or synonym of Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758 and as such regarded by most authors. However, the article is quite convincing (Mayhew).

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 181 mm

Conus monile Hwass 1792 - Necklace Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Indian Ocean: India and Sri Lanka to W. Thailand
Maximum size: 93 mm

Conus monile Hwass 1792...78mm...Good strong pattern...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus monile Hwass 1792 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus monilifer Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer a synonym of Conus regularis Sowerby 1833; Also, J. Tucker (Pers. Comm. (Kersten)):
However, in our opinion (Kersten), C. monilifer is not C. regularis. If anything the type of C. monilifer looks much more like C. kerstitchi types Walls 1978. Similar to kerstitchi this specimen has a carinate shoulder. Moreover it is white inside the aperture (usually brown in regularis). In fact the type of monilifer could be conspecific with C. philippii Kiener, if one assumes the type locality of Ecuador is incorrect. This specimen has to be either C. castaneus auctorum or C. kerstitchi. It may be that these two are actually the same species.

Distribution : West Mexico - Panama
Maximum size :

Conus montillai Röckel 1985 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus boeticus Reeve 1844

Distribution: Palawan Philippines
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus montillai Röckel 1985 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus mordeirae Rolán & Trovão 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sal Island, Cape Verde
Normal size : 20mm

Conus mordeirae Rolán & Trovão 1990...24 25mm...Nice examples....C. Verde. (Image Schooner)

Conus moreleti Crosse 1858 - Morelet's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: E. Africa to French Polynesia and Hawaii
Maximum size: 52.7 mm

Conus moreleti Crosse 1858...37mm...Dark pattern...Solomon Is. (Image Schooner)
Conus moreleti Crosse 1858 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus morrisoni (Raybaudi Massilia 1991) - Morrison's Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site )
- A valid species or possibly a form of Conus catus Hwass 1792.

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

Conus moylani Delsaerdt 2000 - Molan's Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: synonym of Conus papuensis Coomans & Moolenbeek 1982; it differs from Conus papuensis by its smaller size and total lack of cords on the body whorl; Conus papuensis exists only in the area of Laing, PNG whereas C. moylani exists only off Gualdalcanal Islands, The Solomons; It remains possible it is a subspecies of Conus papuensis (Pers. comment M. Filmer, PK)
- Shell moderately small, biconic, shiny; spire moderately high, outline slightly concave; shoulder angulate; sides almost straight; aperture narrow; last whorl smooth or finely and concentrically ridged; ground colour whitish nearly covered with numerous light brown spiral lines; light brown axial flames on the spire.

Conus moylani Delsaerdt 2000 (Image from Loic Limpalaer's Site)

Distribution: Solomon Islands
Maximum size: 44 mm

Conus mozambicus Hwass 1792 - Mozambique Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: valid name is Conus guineensis Gmelin 1791

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus mozambicus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus mozambicus Hwass 1792....34mm...Rare Blue/Violet form..S. Africa. (Image Schooner)
Conus mozambicus Hwass 1792 (Image Schooner)

? Conus mozambicus f. lautus Reeve 1844 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A weak form or maybe only a synonym.

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus mozambicus lautus Reeve 1844...39mm Very good ventral pattern...South Africa. (Image Schooner)

Conus mucronatus Reeve 1843 - Deep Grooved Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines to New Guinea, Solomon Is., Queensland Australia, and Vietnam
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus mucronatus Reeve 1843 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus muriculatus Sowerby 1833 - A dwarf form of the Solomon Islands? (Image Paul Kersten)

- Easily confused (especially form sugillatus Reeve) with floridulus Adams & Reeve. See there for discussion.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Madagascar, Réunion, W. Australia, Japan, New Caledonia, Fiji, French Polynesia
Maximum size: 50 mm)

Conus muriculatus f. sugillatus Reeve 1844 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A difficult form to differentiate from smaller shells. It is is usually much larger than the nominate form, and the tuberculation and pustulation is much weaker: many sugillatus are quite smooth. This form also has more brown and green pigmentation and is in general darker than muriculatus s.s..

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 62 mm

Conus muriculatus f. sugillatus Reeve 1844 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus muricatulus f. sugillatusReeve 1844 (Image Paul Kersten)

- Conus mulderi Fulton 1936 is a subspecies of Conus stramineus Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus mus Hwass 1792 - Mouse Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Very much variation in shape, usually a rather low spire with concave sides, sometimes a very low, almost flat spire; shoulder nodose, white nodes seperated by brown dashes; basic colour is a faint bluish grey with two solid bands of grey-brown, sometimes almost grey-black, separated by a white central band; body whorl with irregular vertical streaks or flames of brown.

Distribution: Caribbean
Maximum size: 55.5 mm

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

Conus musicus Hwass 1792 - Music Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: India to S. Japan and Fiji
Maximum size: 29 mm

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

Conus musicus f. ceylanensis Hwass 1892 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form with variously coalescing brown to reddish-brown axial blotches or flames on the central area of the last whorl.

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus musicus f. mighelsi Kiener 1845 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form with a broad pinkish red to orange red spiral band above centre.

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

Conus musivus Trovão 1975 (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus tevesi Trovão 1978) - synonym of Conus musivus Kiener 1845 or a synonym of Conus alexandrinus Kaicher 1977 (Filmer)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 34 mm

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

Conus mustelinus Hwass 1792 - Weasel Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Maldives to Australia, Japan to Philippines, Fiji
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus mustelinus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus mustelinus Hwass 1792...67mm...Clear pattern...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)

(Conus mutabilis Reeve 1844) - synonym of Conus hyaena Hwass 1792; See there.

?? Conus nahoniaraensis Da Motta 1986 is considered to be a form of Conus zebra Delsaerdt, 1992 by RKK and Filmer; Delsaerdt still states it is a valid species; for photo & info see Conus zebra.

Conus namocanus Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus badius Kiener 1847) - A junior synonym of C. namocanus Hwass, or possibly a senior synonym of Conus trigonus Reeve 1848.

Distribution: Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Transkei and to Oman
Maximum size: 99.5 mm

Conus namocanus Hwass 1792...63mm...Dark ventrum and broad...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus namocanus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus namocanus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus nanus Sowerby 1833 regarded as a synonym of Conus sponsalis Hwass 1792; see there; in the opinion of Tucker it is valid

Conus naranjus Trovão 1975 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus naranjus Trovão 1975 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus natalis Sowerby 1858 - Natal Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Spire slightly concave with an almost not prominent protoconch; whorls slightly stepped, rather convex forming a straight shape; shoulder round; in most cases more pattern than Conus gilchristi Sowerby 1903; the species is highly variable in pattern and colour.

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 61 mm

Conus natalis Sowerby 1858...46.5mm...A typical pattern for the species...S.Africa. (Image Schooner)
Conus natalis Sowerby 1858...30mm... "classical" specimen...S. Africa. (Image Schooner)

? Conus natalis f. gilchristi Sowerby II 1903 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form of natalis Sowerby, 1857 or possibly a valid species; in most cases less patterned than natalis; with a pale pink pattern over the entire shell; Veldsman (The Strandloper 257 March 1999) regards it as a valid species.

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus navarroi Rolán 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sao Vicente Island and Santa Luzia Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 23 mm

Conus navarroi Rolán 1986 - A close-up (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus navarroi Rolán 1986 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus navarroi calhetae Rolán 1990 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Described as a subspecies; different range; larger than the nominate with more numerous and more irregular white blotches.

Distribution: Maio Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: About 25 mm

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

Conus neoguttatus da Motta 1991 (Image Paul Kersten)
- The real one (with periostracum)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 30mm

Conus neoguttatus da Motta 1991 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus neotorquatus da Motta 1985 - A "regional form" of Conus teramachii Kuroda 1956; See there.

Conus neptunus Reeve 1843 - Neptune Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 63 mm

Conus neptunus.Reeve 1843...60 61mm...Quite distinctive...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus neptunus Reeve 1843...42mm...Strong pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus neptunus colorvariegatus Kosuge 1981 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form without network pattern; with big brown blotches or solid brown.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus neptunus colorvariegatus Kosuge 1981 a light colored specimen (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus (Leptoconus) nielsenae (Marsh 1962) - Nielson's Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: West Australia
Maximum size: 61 mm

Conus nielsenae (Marsh 1972)...42.5mm...Pastel orange with lighter mid-band...Australia. (Image Schooner)

? Conus nielsenae f. reductaspiralis Walls 1979 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Raised to species by Coomans and Filmer 1985; considered by most other authors as a form of Conus nielsenae Marsh 1962.

Distribution: West Australia
Maximum size: 61 mm

Conus nielsenae f. reductaspiralis Walls 1979 Yellow form (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus nielsenae f. reductaspiralis Walls 1979 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus nielsenae reductaspiralis thevenardensis da Motta 1987 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A valid species or possibly a subspecies of reductaspiralis Walls with a pure white shell -

Distribution: W. Australia: Thevenard Island
Maximum size: 48 mm

Conus nielsenae reductaspiralis thevenardensis da Motta 1987...37 39mm...Snow white...Australia. (Image Schooner)

Conus nigrescens Sowerby II 1859 - form of Conus bandanus Hwass 1792; See there.

Conus nigromaculatus Röckel & Moolenbeek 1992 - Black Spot Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Eritrea Dahlak Archipelago (Red Sea)
Maximum size: 46 mm

Conus nigromaculatus Röckel & Moolenbeek 1992 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus nigropunctatus Sowerby 1857 - Black Dot Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- Some others consider it to be a form of Conus catus Hwass 1792

Distribution: Occurs often in same population as Conus catus, but in the Red Sea it is the only form known. According to Filmer a valid species.
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus nimbosus Hwass 1792 - Stormy Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Mozambique to Vanuatu and Samoa
Maximum size: 65 mm

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

(Conus nivifer Sowerby III 1833) - recently renamed as Conus pseudonivifer Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe 2004: See there.

(Conus nitens Lauer 1993) - synonym of Conus guanche Lauer 1993; See there.

Conus nobilis Linnaeus 1758 - Noble cone (Image Paul Kersten)
-There is a lot of confusion around this species: RKK: not in the Philippines, specimens from there are Conus cordigera Sowerby II 1866.... Da Motta 1982 extends the range to the southern Philippines; - Golden-yellow, white spotted, but without any brown necklace ornamentation; a white apex and convex sides.

Distribution: East Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Java, W. Thailand, Philippines
Maximum size: 62 mm

Conus (Eugeniconus) nobilis f. friedae (da Motta) 1991 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Described as Eugeniconus friedae; a form with a fine brown network bordering white dots. Pattern with three spiral bands.

Distribution: Bay of Bengal (Sri Lanka) and possibly Indonesia
Maximum size: 53 mm

Conus nobilis renatae Cailliez 1993 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies; a relatively light to dark brown network with rather large white tents or blotches and rather few brown blotches; sparse spiral rows of alternating brown and white markings which are highly interrupted.

Distribution: Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus nobilis victor Broderip 1842 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; a bit smaller; always golden yellow; a solid brown spiral band (neclace) above and below the centre with continuous spiral rows of darker brown and white markings; in stead of the intact strands of skinneri, it has rows of individual cuneiforms not linked with each other.

Distribution: Flores Strait area
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus nobilis victor W. J. Broderip 1842...43mm...Excellent cone...Indonesia.. (Image Schooner)
Conus nobilis victor W. J. Broderip 1842...41mm ...Only one thin row of six tents on the lines - the rest are solid...Indonesia. (Image Schooner)

Conus nobilis victor f. skinneri da Motta 1982 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour & pattern form of victor Broderip 1833 (a subspecies of Conus nobilis Linnaeus 1758); - Brown to dark brown pattern, with 3-4 spiral zones with small and regularly arranged white tents; with solid brown bands; spiral rows are comparitively continuous; a continuous necklace of 19-20 strands; aperture porcelaneous-white.

Distribution: Indonesia, and possibly SW Thailand
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus nobrei Trovão 1975 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Angola
Normal size: 18 mm

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

Conus nocturnus Lightfoot 1786 (Image António Monteiro)

Conus deburghiae Sowerby II 1857 a synonym (form) of Conus nocturnus

Distribution: New Guinea, Indonesia
Maximum size: 86 mm

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

Conus nodiferus Kiener 1845 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791

Distribution : Caribbean: Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Maximum size : 38 mm

Conus nodulosus Sowerby II 1864 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Now considered (Kohn and Nishi and Kohn) to be valid) -ground colour white, sometimes a bit pinkish or shaded with blue; uniform pattern: last whorl with a network of fine yellow to brown lines forming very small tents, yellow to yellowish brown flecks, spots and spiral dashes arranged in 2-3 spiral rows; aperture most bright pink, sometimes white - was seen as a subspecies of Conus victoriae Reeve 1843.

Distribution: West Australia: Shark Bay to Freemantle
Maximum size: 51mm

? Conus norai da Motta & Raybaudi 1992 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A member of the "daucus complex" - if that species, it would be considered a colour form.

Distribution: Martinique
Maximum size: 40.6 mm

Conus norai da Motta & Raybaudi 1992 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus novaehollandiae A. Adams 1854 is a subspecies of C. anemone Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus nucleus Reeve 1848 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Madagascar - Maldives - Philippines - Marshall Islands
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus nucleus Reeve 1848 A close-up (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus nucleus Reeve 1848...16.5mm...Nice specimen...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus nux Broderip 1833 - Nut Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus nux Broderip 1833...12 to 14mm...Contrasting pairs with tan axial markings...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus nux Broderip 1833 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus nussatella Linneaus 1758 - Nussatella Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo Pacific
Maximum size: 95 mm

Conus nussatella Linneaus 1758...56mm...Elongate with exceptional pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus nussatella Linneaus 1758...50mm...Good pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus nussatella Linnaeus 1758 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus obscurus Sowerby 1833 - Obscure Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: S. and E. Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia
Maximum size: 41 mm

Conus obscurus Sowerby 1833 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus ochroleucus Gmelin 1791 - Perfect Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Taiwan
Maximum size: 69 mm

Conus ochroleucus Gmelin 1791 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus ochroleucus tmetus Tomlin 1937 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; last whorl light to dark brown; aperture orange or yellow.

Distribution: Papua New Guinea - Fiji, Indonesia, India
Maximum size: 74 mm

Conus ochroleucus tmetus Tomlin 1937 (Image Paul Kersten) - Yellow form

Conus (Phasmoconus) ochroleucus tmetus f. pilkeyi (Petuch 1974) - Pilkey's cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form of Conus tmetus Tomlin 1937 which is a subspecies of Conus ochroleucus Gmelin 1791.

Distribution: Fiji to Phillipines
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus ochroleucus tmetus f. pilkeyi (Petuch 1974)...56mm...Seldom seen...Solomon Is. (Image Schooner)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_3881.html

Conus (Asprella) oishii (Shikama 1977) - Oishi's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan, Sumba Indonesia
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus oishii (Shikama 1977) (Image Paul Kersten)

?? Conus olgiatii Bozzetti 2007 - Olgiati's Cone (Image Luigi Bozzetti)
- Possibly a colour form of Conus balteatus Sowerby I & Sowerby II 1833
- Last whorl ventricose-conical, straight or light concave sided; angled shoulder, aperture wider to the base; surface of the last whorl with spiral cords; thick axial grow stripings, uniform yellow color, tubercules white, aperture white; protoconch purple; the first whorls of the teleoconch vanish in abical direction from lilac to white becoming yellow on the last whorl; clear brown periostracum

Distribution: South Madagascar
Maximum size: 36,35 mm

Conus olgiatii Bozzetti 2007 (Image Luigi Bozzetti)

Conus omaria Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indian Ocean, Philippines
Maximum size: 86 mm

Conus omaria Hwass 1792 This is the so called convolutus form, Comores Islands (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus omaria Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)

? Conus omaria f. magoides Melvill 1900 (Image from Eddy Hardy's Site)
- A disputed form from the Indian Ocean with a convex apex.

Distribution: Seychelles
Maximum size: 66 mm

Conus omaria f. patonganus da Motta 1982 (Image Paul Kersten)
- An interesting form from Thailand; smooth and glossy shell; subcylindrical turbinated; apex rose tinted; shoulder weakly carinated; ground colour is deeply rosaceus; fainted when not fresh; last whorl with maroon-brown blotches forming to vague circular bands; inside continuous linear rows articulated with minute pink spots; attached to the blotches are smaller patches of little round spots; these concentrations also form a radial pattern of patches on the spire; aperture deep yellow inside.

Distribution: S.W. Thailand
Maximum size: 54 mm

? Conus omaria f. sindon Reeve 1844 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site - anyone have a larger one?)
- Disputed. An extremely dark variant of Conus pennaceus or Conus omaria (take your pick!) with closely spaced axially lines.

Distribution: W. Pacific
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus omaria f. viperinus Lauer 1986 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A yellowish to orangish brown colour form.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 60 mm

??(Conus optabilis Adams 1854) (Image (holotype) from Gene Mallory's Site - for curiosity's sake: Adams certainly wasn't fussy about what he used for holotype material!!! Specimen is 22mm, and is from Venezuela)
- Incertae cedis (The formal term for "uncertain status" - ie, nobody knows where it belongs, usually due to poor or lost holotype material) Possibly a synonym of Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott 1951 or Conus philippii Kiener 1845 acc. to Tucker

Conus optimus Sowerby III, 1913 - A form of Conus exiguus Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus orbignyi Audouin 1831 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl narrowly conical or narrowly conoid-cylindrical.

Distribution: Japan to Philippines Queensland
Maximum size: 86.4 mm

Conus orbignyi Audouin 1831...57.5mm...Awesome protoconch...Japan .  (Image Schooner)
Conus orbignyi Audouin 1831...56mm...Normal example...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus orbignyi Audouin 1831...43mm...Good form...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus orbignyi coriolisi Moolenbeek & Richard 1995 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies; pattern reduced to 3 interrupted brown bands; last whorl conical or narrowly conical; aperture white.

Distribution: New Caledonia and Coral Sea
Maximum size: about 50 mm

Conus orbignyi elokismenos Kilburn 1975 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies; Last whorl conical to ventricosely conical; less heavily scupltured; spots of band variably fused into axial streaks.

Distribution: Natal - Madagascar and Réunion
Maximum size: 68 mm

Conus orbignyi elokismenos Kilburn 1975...55mm...Loverly form quite uncommon... Africa. (Image Schooner)

Conus orion Broderip 1833 - Orion Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Pacific
Maximum size: 41 mm

Conus orion Broderip 1833 (Image Schooner)

? Conus (Purpuriconus) ortneri (Petuch 1998) (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A valid species or possibly a form of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; A shell with a high glossy polish; body whorl with 6-8 evenly spaced spiral grooves; shoulder slightly rounded rounded with 16 knobs; deep orange-red or bright orange colour; spire whorls orange red, knobs paler orange; protoconch and early whorls deep red; aperture rose-pink.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 25 mm

Conus (Endemoconus) otohimeae Kuroda & Ito 1961 - Otohime's Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan & Philippines
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus (Endemoconus) otohimeae Kuroda & Ito 1961 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus otohimeae f. rogmartini Da Motta 1982 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A pustulated form.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus otohimeae f. rogmartini da Motta 1982 (Image from Eddy Hardy's Site)

Conus pacei Petuch 1987 - Images needed!!
- A very elongated, pure white shell and with a comparitively high spire; related to Conus mazei Pilsbry, Conus rainseae McGinty and Conus mcgintyi Pilsbry;

Distribution: Caribbean: Bahamas
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus pacificus Röckel & Moolenbeek 1996 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus pagodus Kiener 1845 - Pagoda Cone (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan to Philippines New Caledonia
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus pagodus Kiener 1845...34mm...Classic in form...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus pagodus Kiener 1845...31mm...Typical for species...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus (Lilliconus) papalis (Weinkauff 1875) (Image from Schriften zur Malakozoologie)
- According to Tucker not a cone
- More slender than other Lilliconus, with a taller spire and distinct nodules on the teleoconch whorls and the shoulder and body whorl; ground colour yellowish to brownish.

Distribution: Philippines Indonesia
Maximum size: 9 mm

? Conus papilliferus Sowerby 1834 - Papilla Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
- By some authors considered as a form of anemone Lamarck 1810.

Distribution: Eastern Australia
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus papilliferus Sowerby 1834 (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus papuensis Coomans & Moolenbeek 1982 (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Papua New Guinea
Maximum size: 19 mm

Conus papuensis Coomans & Moolenbeek 1982 (Image from Gene Malloy's site)
Conus papuensis Coomans & Moolenbeek 1982 (Image Alexander Medvedev)

? Conus paraguana Petuch 1987 (Image Paul Kersten)
- Described as a valid species, regarded by many as a form of Conus flavescens Sowerby 1834; According to Filmer it could be valid; - According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus cingulatus Lamarck 1810: a highly polished shell with bands composed of rows of dots; white mid-body band with two lines of tiny dots; spire whorls heavily marked with numerous, large, yellow-tan flammules, aperture white.

Distribution: Caribbean: Venezuela
Maximum size: 18 mm

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

Conus parascalaris Petuch 1987 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek 1979
- A thin, fragile shell, elongated, spire elevate