An Illustrated Checklist

of

Recent Conidae

Roberti Richard to zylmanae Petuch

abbas Hwass to cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby - page 1
dalli Stearns to lizarum Raybaudi & Da Motta - p. 2
locumtenens Blumenbach to ritae Petuch - p. 3

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Conus roberti Richard 2009   (Image from the original description, courtesy George Richard)
A species within the mazei-complex; very close to Conus mcgintyi Pilsbry 1955

Distribution: Guadeloupe, French Antilles
Maximum size: 51.2 mm

Conus roeckeli Rolán 1980   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island Cape Verde
Maximum size: 23.2 mm

Conus roeckeli Rolán 1980   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus roeckeli Rolán 1980   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus rolani Röckel 1986  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan to Philippines, New Guinea, Indonesia
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus rolani Röckel 1986..53.5 mm...Japan   (Image Schooner)
Conus rolani Röckel 1986   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus (Purpuriconus) rosalindensis (Petuch 1998)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Filmer: a valid species or possibly a form of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; smooth shell with a high polish; spire low, shoulder sharply angled, coronated with 14-16 knobs per whorl; shell color dark orange tan with a broad blue-white mid-body band which is overlaid with scattered large dark tan patches and numerous closely packed brown longitudinal flammules; spire orange-tan with large white patches and numerous flammules; protoconch and early whorls bright red; aperture pinkish-purple -

Distribution: Nicaragua, Honduras
Maximum size: 26 mm

Conus (Purpuriconus) rosalindensis {Petuch 1998)   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus rosemaryae Petuch 1990 - Rosemary's Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Filmer: a valid species or possibly a form of Conus garciae da Motta, 1982
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus philippii Kiener 1845
Extremely pyriform shell, turnip shaped with concave whorls; body whorl polished and shiny with numerous low threads; spire whorls smooth; body whorl white overlaid with bright yellow-orange flammules; spire whorls overlaid with scattered large yellow-orange patches and flammules; anterior tip of the shell pale orange; protoconch and early whorls orange; aperture white.

Distribution: Caribbean Panama Nicaragua
Maximum size: 25 mm

? Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
- RKK see it as a form of Conus recluzianus Bernardi 1853. We (both of us) disagree: it is too consistantly different from recluzianus to be simply a form. There is no intergradation between the two.

(Conus (Rhizoconus) gloriakiiensis (Kuroda & Ito 1961)) - A synonym. Dealers often confuse this matter.

Distribution: Philippines, S. China Sea
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...40 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...47 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...40 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)

Conus royaikeniVeldsman 2010 Roi Aiken's Cone
A species closely related to Conus natalis Sowerby II 1858

Distribution: Southern Kwazulu, South Africa
Maximum size: 61,9 mm

Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson 1959. Red Stained Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Australia
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson 1959..35 mm...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson 1959...36-37mm...Australia   (Image Schooner)
Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson 1959   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus rutilus Menke 1843 - Burnished Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Australia
Maximum size: 15 mm

Conus rutilus Menke 1843   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus (Leptoconus) saecularis Melvill 1898   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Thailand, N.E. Malaysia, Ryukyus, Philippines, Solomon Is., New Guinea
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus saecularis Melvill 1898   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus saecularis Melvill 1898...20mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus saecularis Melvill 1898   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

(?? Conus sagarinoi Fenzan 2004 )   (Image from Bill Fenzan) - A synonym of terryni Tenorio 2004. The latter will probably end up having priority over sagarinoi -

Distribution: Aliguay Philippines
Maximum size : 31,5 mm

Conus sagei Korn & G. Raybaudi Massilia 1993  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Gulf of Aden
Maximum size : 8.7 mm

Conus sagei Korn & G. Raybaudi Massilia 1993   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus sahlbergi da Motta & Harland 1986   (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792
-Shell small with a depressed conic spire; roseate protoconch; smooth; body whorl is smooth and glossy with angulate, sharply keeled shoulder sides are flat and tapering with about six sulci at the basal end; polymorphic shell, body whorl solid coloured, mostly orange or yellow, also white, purple and greenish tan; spire more faintly tinted; a band of a row of distinctly connected blotches of a light tint; aperture same colour as body whorl.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 19 mm

Conus salreiensis Rolán 1980   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island Cape Verde
Maximum size: 25.7 mm

Conus salreiensis Rolán 1980...20 to 21 mm...Cape Verde   (Image Schooner)
Conus salreiensis Rolán 1980   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus salzmanni Raybaudi & Rolán 1997   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Protoconch with 1.75 to 2 whorls; body whorl smooth; light brown dots forming spiral bands; flammules on the spire.

Distribution: Somalia Gulf of Aden
Maximum size: 39 mm

Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)
- This species is often called:
(Conus carioca Petuch 1986) - a junior synonym.

Distribution: Barbados, Surinam, E. Brazil
Maximum size: 57 mm

Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek 1979   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard 1834  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard 1834  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard 1834  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus saragasae Rolán 1986   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sao Vicente Island and Santa Luzia Island, Cape Verde
Maximum size: 25 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_11137.html

Conus saragasae Rolán 1986   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus sartii Korn Niederhöfer & Röckel 2004 - holotype   (From a web page on the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart site)
- Last body whorl ventricosely conical; shoulder angulated; body whorl with deep incised lines; colour of the body white brown to dark brown blotches and flammules; also on spire apex white; spire concave.

Distribution: Madagascar
Maximum size: 25 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_27265.html

Conus sauros Garcia 2006 - Holotype and paratype   (Image from the original description)
- Teleoconch of 8 whorls, whorls shouldered, carinated, suture deep, protoconch whitish, axial sculpture of numerous arched threads on shoulder, evanescing at carina, last whorl with numerous relatively wide, low, flat axial threads, threads becoming weaker and narrower when crossing spiral cords, spiral sculpture of two to four strong threads posterior to carina, creating reticulations at shoulder when crossing over axial elements, threads followed by a heavy, nodulose, otherwise smooth cord and one or two undulating threads anterior to carina, last whorl with flat, evenly distributed spiral cords, cords as wide as interspaces, minutely wrinkled bu axial threads; colour light cream

Distribution: Western Gulf of Mexico: Louisiana to Mexico
Maximum size: 30 mm

Conus (Rhizoconus) sazanka Shikama 1970 - Sazanka's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, Philippines, E. Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Hawaii, Natal S. Africa, Réunion, Madagascar, Somalia
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus sazanka Shikama 1970   Yellow form   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus sazanka Shikama 1970...43 mm....Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus sazanka Shikama 1970...21 mm...Philippines   (Image Schooner)
Conus sazanka Shikama 1970  A violet coloured specimen  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus sazanka Shikama 1970   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

(Conus scabriusculus Dillwyn, 1817) - A junior synonym of Conus coffeae Gmelin 1791; See there.

? Conus scalaris Valenciennes 1832   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded by some authors (Kohn and J. Tucker (pers. comm.- Kersten)) as a form of Conus gradatus Wood 1828.

Distribution: Baja California Mexico - Acapulco Mexico
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus scalaris Valenciennes 1832...50.5 mm...Mexico   (Image Schooner)

Conus scalptus Reeve 1843   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S. Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Maximum size: 50 mm

(Conus schepmani Fulton 1936) - synonym of Conus comatosa Pilsbry 1904; See there.

Conus schirrmeisteri Coltro 2004   (Image Paul Kersten)
- status disputed; Filmer: valid; Tucker a synonym of Conus iansa Petuch 1979: a very small shell; body with a strong deflection, nodulose spire with about ten irregular white or brown nodules on the shoulder; suture with white and brown cord; body whorl with incised lines; aperture wide with a fine white margin; colour body whorl dark red-brown with irregular white blotches and dots.

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 11 mm