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

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
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_3824.html
- 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
- 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
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)
See also:..http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Conus+hilli+Petuch%2C+1990
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. 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 maioensis
Trovão, Rolán & Felix-Alves 1989 (Image
Paul Kersten) Distribution: Maio Island, Cape Verde Conus maioensis Trovão,
Rolán & Felix-Alves 1989 (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus malacanus
Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten) Distribution: India Sri Lanka Conus malacanus
Hwass 1792 (Image Paul Kersten)
Maximum size: 36.3 mm
Maximum size: 77 mm
? 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 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 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
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_11717.html
( 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
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_9432.html
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 Distribution: Boavista Island, Cape Verde
Conus meyeri Walls 1979 is a subspecies of Conus biliosus
Röding 1798; See there.
(Image Paul Kersten)
Normal size: 27 mm
Conus micropunctatus
Rolán & Röckel 2000 - Tiny Dot Cone (Image Paul Kersten) Distribution: Angola Conus
micropunctatus Rolán & Röckel 2000
- (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Normal size : 35 mm
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 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
see also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5098.html
Conus mindanus Hwass 1792 - Bermuda Cone (Image Paul Kersten)
Distribution: Brazil to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia,
Bermuda
Maximum size: 45 mm
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 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 Conus miruchae Röckel
& Rolán & Monteiro 1980 - Close-up (Image
Paul Kersten)
Conus mitratus Hwass
1792 - Miter-like Cone (Image
Paul Kersten) Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Normal size: about 10 mm
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 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 naranjus Trovão
1975 (Image Paul Kersten)
Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 25 mm
Conus naranjus Trovão 1975 (Image Paul Kersten)
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_10734.html
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 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) Distribution: Angola Conus
neoguttatus da Motta 1991 (Image
from Gene Mallory's Site)
- The real one (with periostracum)
Maximum size: 30mm
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 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
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5258.html
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 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)
See also: http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_3880.html
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
See also: http://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=638
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 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 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