An Illustrated Checklist

of

Recent Conidae

roeckeli Rolán 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 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..53.5mm...Strong example of a robust species...Japan. (Image Schooner)
Conus rolani Röckel 1986   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus (Purpuriconus) rosalindensis (Petuch 1998)   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Described as a valid species; but 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)
- A valid species or possibly a form of Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott 1990;
- 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...40mm...Normal example...Philippines  (Image Schooner)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...38mm...Lavender pink with light tan bands...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...32mm...Great classic color for the form...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...47mm...   Coronated rich orange to mauve...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus roseorapum Raybaudi & da Motta 1990...40mm. ...Lavender with orange bands...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

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

Distribution: East Australia
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson 1959..35mm   ...A good example of this seldom-seen species...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson 1959...36 37mm...Mottled orange banding on white...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...Nice  shell...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

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_5424.html

Conus salreiensis Rolán 1980  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Boavista Island Cape Verde
Maximum size: 25.7 mm

Conus salreiensis Rolán 1980...20 to 21mm..."Highly selected" specimens of this "very very scarce" endemic species...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 from Gene Mallory's Site)

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...43mm...Dark rosy orange-pink...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sazanka Shikama 1970...21mm...Brilliant carrot orange with a white mottled spire...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...50.5mm...Tall and slender...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


Conus (Profundiconus) scopulicola (Okutani 1972)  (Image Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: S.E. Honshu Japan
Maximum size: 22 mm

Conus scopulorum Van Mol Tursch & Kempf 1971  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Distribution: Brazil: Para Ceara Atol das Rocas Fernando de Noronha Rio Grande do Norte (According to the Malocolog site)
Maximum size: 26 mm

Conus (Leptoconus) sculletti (Marsh 1962) - Scullett's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Australia
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus sculletti (Marsh 1962)...38mm...Very sparse pattern - unusual...Australia. (Image Schooner)
Conus sculletti (Marsh 1962)...35 to 40mm. ..Beautiful bold brown bands & blotches...Australia. (Image Schooner)
Conus sculletti (Marsh 1962)  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus sculpturatus Röckel & da Motta 1985  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 44 mm

Conus sculpturatus Röckel & da Motta 1985  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus segravei Gatliff 1891 - A form of Conus clarus Smith 1881; See there.

(Conus selectus Adams, A., 1855) (nomen oblitum - invalid synonym of kerstitchi Walls, 1978;  See there -)

Conus selenae Van Mol Tursch & Kempf 1967  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Brazil
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus selenae Van Mol Tursch & Kempf 1967  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus selenae Van Mol Tursch & Kempf 1967  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott 1951  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus philippii Kiener 1845

Distribution: W Florida USA, Yucatan Mexico
Maximum size: 47 mm

Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott 1951  (Image Dream Shells)
Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott 1951  (Image Dream Shells)

? Conus sennottorum gibsonsmithorum Petuch 1986  (Image Paul Kersten)
-Described as a valid species; Regarded by most as a subspecies, but according to Filmer a form; Shell turnip-shaped; body whorl smooth and shiny with anterior one-third having heavily grooving and thick spiral cords; shoulder sharp edged; shell pale-cream-yellow with a pale tan band around middle; spire pale yellow becoming tan on early whorls.

Distribution: Columbia, Venezuela
Maximum size: 24 mm

? Conus sennottorum gibsonsmithorum Petuch 1986  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)

See also: http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/pic_book/data31/r003035.html

Conus serranegrae Rolán 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Sal Island, Cape Verde
Normal size: 18 mm

Conus serranegrae Rolán 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus serranegrae Rolán 1990...12 to 14mm....Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus serranegrae Rolán 1990...14mm...Grayish-green with bands of white markings...Cape Verde.  (Image Schooner)
Conus serranegrae Rolán 1990  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus sertacinctus Röckel 1986   (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus solomonensis Delsaerdt 1993) - A synonym.

Distribution: Philippines, S. India, Solomons
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus sertacinctus Röckel 1986  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus sertacinctus Röckel 1986  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_5340.html

Conus sharmiensis Wils, E. 1986 - a form of Conus parvatus Walls 1979; See there.

Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Taiwan to Philippines, Indonesia.
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985...52 to 54mm...Two broad tan bands with fine brown lines over lightest lavender...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985...50 mm...Lucious lavender pastel with two broad tan bands...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985...46.5mm...Good specimen...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985...45.5mm...Chocolate brown and white...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus shikamai Coomans Moolenbeek & Wils 1985...45mm...Light with pleasing pattern...Solomons.  (Image Schooner)

(Conus sibogae Schepman 1913) - synonym of Conus lizardensis Crosse 1865; See there.

Conus sieboldii Reeve 1848 - Siebold's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan & Taiwan
Maximum size: 114.5 mm

Conus sieboldii Reeve 1848...76mm...Greenish-tan perio over cream...Japan. (Image Schooner)
Conus sieboldii Reeve 1848...64mm...White with bands of brown blotches...Japan. (Image Schooner)

- Conus sindon Reeve 1844 is a distinctive form of Conus omaria Hwass 1792 or Conus pennaceus Born 1778; See there.

Conus smirna Bartsch & Rehder 1943 - Smirna Cone  (Image from RKK)

Distribution: Hawaii and probably New Caledonia
Maximum size: 84 mm

(Conus soaresi Trovão; 1978) is a junior synonym of Conus cloveri Walls 1978; See there.

? Conus solangeae Bozzetti 2004  (Image Paul Kersten)
Status disputed: Filmer: valid or possibly a subspecies of Conus infrenatus Reeve 1848; or timorensis Hwass 1792
spire obconical, glossy,smooth and prominent protoconch; shoulder subangulate, convex sided on adapical third, straight above; carved suture with sloghtly and irregular wrinkled margin; concave subsutural ramp covered by thick radial streaks, last body whorl smooth with about 15 radial spiral bands at the base; colour body whorl, apex and aperture pink orange-salmon; siphonal fasciole whitish axial flammules at the last body whorl darker; colour pattern made up by spiral rows of alternate white and orange-salmon tending to form three strips; one below the shoulder, one below mid body, one and one at the base.

Distribution : Madagascar
Maximum size : 26.3 mm

? Conus solangeae Bozzetti 2004  (Image from the Coneshell Homepage of Mr. Paganelli)

(Conus sowerbii Reeve 1849) - synonym of Conus praecellens Adams 1854; See there.

(Conus sozoni Bartsch 1939) - synonym of Conus delessertii Recluz 1843; See there.

Conus speciosissimus Reeve 1848  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site) - A subspecies or form (from Guadeloupe) of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 (senior synonym of Conus ornatus Sowerby 1833).
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792

Conus spectrum Linnaeus 1758 - Specter Cone 70mm  (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus spectrum lacteus Lamarck 1810) - A synonym(pure white form) of spectrum Linnaeus

Distribution: Indonesia to Philippines and Ryukyus to Australia and New Guinea
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus spectrum Linnaeus 1758...50mm...Nice pattern...Tahiti.  (Image Schooner)

Conus spectrum f. conspersus Reeve 1844  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a yellow colour-;

Distribution: Philippines; Indonesia
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus spectrum f. conspersus Reeve 1844...341mm.  This pretty form of C. spectrum is generously mottled with yellow...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spectrum f. conspersus Reeve 1844  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus spectrum f. daphne Boivin 1864  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with a ventricoely conical to ovate shape; solid yellow with fine brown lines on the last whorl; aperture yellowish pink.

Distribution: Indonesia
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus spectrum f. dolium Boivin 1864 - image needed.
- Last whorl rather broad and ventricose, with large variably confluent orange-brown areas, spire remarkebly low; very similar to form pica Adams & Reeve.

Distribution: Philippines

Conus spectrum f. filamentosus Reeve 1849  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 60 mm

(Conus spectrum lacteus Lamarck 1810)  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site - for informational use only)
- Known only from the holotype! ; probable subadult spectrum Linnaeus
- White shell with widely spaced spiral grooves, subangulate shoulder and relatively low spire.

Conus spectrum f. pica Adams & Reeve 1848 (Image Paul Kersten)
- A distinct variant living sympatric with the other forms; white shell with dark brown irregular blotches.

Distribution: E. Indies, Australia, Philippines
Maximum size: 42 mm

Conus spectrum f. pica Adams & Reeve 1848  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus spectrum f. pica Adams & Reeve 1848  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus spectrum f. stillatus Reeve 1849 - Stillate Cone (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form with fine dark brown axial lines on the last whorl.

Distribution: Australia
Maximum size: 52.4 mm

Conus spectrum f. stillatus Reeve 1849...43mm. ..Pure white with golden-brown axial markings...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spectrum f. stillatus Reeve 1849...41mm. ..Bands of bright orange axial flames...Australia. (Image Schooner)
Conus spectrum f. stillatus Reeve 1849...33 36mm...Golden-brown mottled with white mid-band...Australia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spectrum f. stillatus Reeve 1849  (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus sphacelatus Sowerby 1833) - synonym of Conus magellanicus Hwass 1792 or Conus jucundus Sowerby III 1887 according to Tucker

Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder 1943 is a subspecies of Conus coelinae Crosse 1858; See there.

Conus spirofilis Habe & Kosuge 1970  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan to Philippines
Maximum size: 37 mm

Conus spirofilis Habe & Kosuge 1970...19 to 20mm...Biggies!! Quite nice...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spirofilis Habe & Kosuge 1970...16 to 18mm...Rare small shell...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus splendidulus Sowerby 1833 - Clay Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Aden, N. Somalia, Laccadives
Maximum size: 70 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_5008.html

Conus splendidulus Sowerby 1833  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus sponsalis Hwass 1792 - Marriage Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 32 mm

Conus sponsalis Hwass 1792  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus sponsalis f. nanus Sowerby 1833  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A colour form (despite its name!): pattern on the last whorl reduced to a few flecks and a small number of dotted or dashed lines or completely immaculate; ground colour with a distinct blue shade.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 34 mm

Conus sponsalis f. nanus Sowerby 1833  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus sponsalis nux Broderip 1833 - Nut Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Now regarded as a valid species - See main entry.

Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 - West Indian Alphabet Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Spire low to very low; smooth, polished; body whorl many sipral rows of small square dashes with usually an upper and lower band of splotches of colour, sometimes covering a large area, sometimes almost absent; usually a middle band of plain dashes; colour usually bright orange-brown, sometimes very dark reddish-brown and black-brown.

(Conus proteus Hwass 1792) - synonym of Conus spurius Gmelin 1791.

Distribution: Caribbean
Maximum size: 104 mm

Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...82mm...Impressive in size and pattern being orange and bold...Curacao.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...79mm...Venezuela.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...59mm...Uncomplicated simple pattern...Florida.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...56& 57mm... HIGH-contrast pair....Pine Is. Sound. (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...47.5mm...Pure white background with very dark brown pattern...Columbia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...34 and 32mm...Delight to this fullsome beauty pair...Florida .  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...30 and 21mm   High-contrast pair of true dwarfs...EluThra.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791...26 to 29mm...Dwarfs, Honduras.  (Image Schooner)

?? Conus spurius arubaensis Nowell-Usticke G.W. 1968   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Probably synonymous with baylei Jousseaume 1872 (a subspecies of Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 below), or at best a local population; low spire, concave body narrower with almost straight sides; body whorl smooth with very fine growth lines and weak spirals; about 15 rows of squarish patches and double rows of "characters"; about 4 or 5 dotted rows; colour red-brown or mahogany -

Distribution: Believe it or not, Aruba

?? Conus spurius arubaensis Nowell-Usticke G.W. 1968   (Image Paul Kersten)  A yellow specimen

Conus spurius atlanticus Clench 1942 - Chinese Alphabet Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies; spire low, but bigger than spurius and with a sharp high point; body whorl rather dull; dots and dashes appear thicker; colour dull orange-red to dark red-brown.

Distribution: Florida - Eastern Venezuela
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus spurius atlanticus Clench 1942...62mm. ...Nice big chunky one...Florida. (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius atlanticus Clench 1942...54mm. ..Light and dark pair one orange mottled the other brown...Florida.  (Image Schooner)

Conus spurius aureofasciatus Rehder & Abbott 1951 - Gold Banded Cone  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A subspecies.

Distribution: Yucatan Mexico
Maximum size: 104 mm

Conus spurius baylei Jousseaume F.P. 1872  (Image Eddie Hardy's Site)
- A subspecies.

Distribution: Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela
Maximum size: 55 mm

Conus spurius baylei Jousseaume F.P. 1872  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site, as f. arubaensis)

Conus spurius lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817 - Lorenz's Cone  (Image from Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies with red brown regular dots.

(Conus spurius phlogopus Tomlin 1937) - A synonym of lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817, which is a subspecies of spurius Gmelin 1791.

(Conus undatus Kiener 1845) - synonym of Conus lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817 (a subspecies of Conus spurius Gmelin 1791

Distribution: Florida - Eastern Venezuela
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus spurius lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817...55.5mm...Typical for the form...E. Columbia. (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817...51 to 53mm...Impressive pair shows extremes of pattern variation.  (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817...42 to 51mm...Classic! Freshly taken beauties...Panama. (Image Schooner)
Conus spurius lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817 (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus spurius lorenzianus Dillwyn 1817...48.9mm...Extreme pattern...Colombia.  (Image Schooner)

Conus spurius f. ochraceus Lamarck 1810  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A colour form of spurius: body whorl covered with bright orange to orange-red big blotches and sparse white body colour -

Distribution: Caribbean
Maximum size: 75 mm

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_8527.html

?Conus stanfieldi Petuch 1988 - Stanfield's Cone (Image Loïc Limpalaër)
- According to Tucker: a synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792

Distribution: Bahamas

Conus stearnsii Conrad 1869 - Stearn's Dusky Cone ...(Image Paul Kersten)
- Regarded by Filmer as a valid species; some authors (Tucker) consider it as a form of Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791.

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

Conus stercusmuscarum Linnaeus 1758 - Fly Spec Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan to Marshall Is., New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus stercusmuscarum...Linnaeus 1758...61mm...This is big...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus stercusmuscarum...Linnaeus 1758...48mm...Good large dark...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus stercusmuscarum...Linnaeus 1758  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus stimpsoni Dall 1902 - Stimpson's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Florida to Colombia
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus stimpsoni Dall 1902  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus stocki Coomans & Moolenbeek 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Gulf of Oman, Masirah Is., Pakistan
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus stocki Coomans & Moolenbeek 1990  (Image Alexander Medvedev)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_4998.html

Conus stramineus Lamarck 1810 - Misus Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl ventricosely conical; low spire; body whorl with radial streaks and blotches; aperture light to dark or brownish violet

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
Maximum size: 60 mm

? Conus stramineus mulderi Fulton 1936  (Image Paul Kersten)

- Regarded by most as a subspecies; Last whorl conoid-cylindrical; moderately high spire; body whorl with reddish to dark brown radial streaks and blotches; aperture light to dark or brownish violet with an orange-brown collabral band;

Distribution: Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomons
Maximum size: 52 mm

Conus stramineus mulderi Fulton 1936...38mm...Good size good specimen...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus stramineus mulderi Fulton 1936...32 - 35mm...Spots more reddish-brown...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus stramineus mulderi Fulton 1936  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus striatellus Link 1807- Striatellus Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus lictor Boivin 1864) - a synonym

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Natal to Red Sea to Japan and Fiji
Maximum size: 70.5 mm

Conus striatellus Link 1807  Form called lictor  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus striatellus Link 1807....70mm...Magnificent ginormous specimen with an atypical pattern...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatellus Link 1807...58mm...Orange blotched and brown lined pattern...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus striatellus Link 1807  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758 - Striate Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl narrowly conoid-cylindrical to conoid-cylindrical, narrowly cylindrical to cylindrical, or ventricosely conical to ovate.

Distribution: S. Africa to Red Sea Hawaii and French Polynesia
Maximum size: 129.3 mm

Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758...118.5mm...Different patterns on each side and pink hues.....Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758...102mm...Pink background...Indonesia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758...96 & 100mm...Nice Pair! Two different shapes & patterns....Indonesia.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758....80mm...Virtually black with a few small blue clouded triangles...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758....73mm...Delightfully unusual pastel pink patternless patch by the outer lip...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758...69 78 85 & 97mm. ..Four-piece growth / pattern set...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758...65mm...Reduced pattern with a nice pink axial band on the side...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758....61 to 67mm..Deep Purple ...Tanzania.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758...35 and 38.5mm...Freak pattern..Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)

Conus striatus f. chusaki Da Motta 1978 - A form or synonym   (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1858 - Floridus Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a white ground colour, last whorl clouded or spirally banded with shades of pink, brown or violet; last whorl usually ovate.

(Conus chusaki da Motta 1978) - A synonym of striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1858, as recognised by Da Motta in 1995.

Distribution: W. Thailand
Maximum size: 105 mm

Conus striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1857...66.5mm...Excellent example of this form...India. (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1857...70.4mm...Giant with "classic" pattern for the form...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1857...68.5mm...narrow for the form with greatly reduced pattern...India.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1857...36mm ...Good example of form...Thailand. (Image Schooner)
Conus striatus f. floridus Sowerby II 1857  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus striatus f. subfloridus da Motta 1985...70mm...Wonderful giant specimen...India. (Image Schooner)
- A form with a white ground colour, variably suffused with pale purple to to bluish violet; pattern usually sparse, ocassionally absent; shape is nominate.

Distribution: India, Thailand, Sri Lanka
Maximum size: 76,5 mm


Conus striatus f. subfloridus da Motta 1985...58mm...Pastel pink blush with brown axial markings...India. (Image Schooner)

?? Conus striolatus Kiener 1845
- An enigmatic species with much taxonomic problems. Up to date information needed!!!

Distribution: W. Thailand to Micronesia, Taiwan to Queensland
Maximum size: 76 mm

?? Conus striolatus f. decurtata Dautzenberg 1910  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Status of this form is very unsure.

Distribution: W. Thailand - Micronesia, Taiwan - Queensland
Maximum size: 46 mm

Conus striolatus f. decurtata Dautzenberg 1910...31.5-34mm...uncommon form - reminiscant of a dimunitive magus...Solomon Islands.  (Image Schooner)
Conus striolatus f. decurtata Dautzenberg 1910  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus (Embrikena) stupa (Kuroda 1956)  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Japan, Solomons, Loyalty Islands
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus (Embrikena) stupa (Kuroda 1956)  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

? Conus (Embrikena) stupella (Kuroda 1956) - Stupella Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A valid species or possibly a form of Conus stupa Kuroda 1956 -

Distribution: Japan to Taiwan Philippines
Maximum size: 97.8 mm

(Conus subaequalis Sowerby III 1870) - synonym of Conus praecellens Adams 1854; See there.

Conus subulatus Kiener 1845 - Subulate Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Solomon Is., W. Thailand
Maximum size: 46 mm

Conus subulatus Kiener 1845  (Image Alexander Medvedev)

Conus suduirauti G. Raybaudi 2004 - Suduiraut's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Last whorl conical to broadly conical; outline straight to slightly convex; spire high, stepped; larval shell smooth; last whorl with strongly beaded spiral ribs; colour of the last whorl white to pink-white with scattered reedish-brown spots; early teleoconch whorls white; sutural ramps with sparse radial streaks, later spire with reddish-brown spots; larval whorls pure white; aperture light yellow.

Distribution: Philippines and New Guinea
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus suduirauti Raybaudi 2004 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus sugimotonis Kuroda 1928  (Image Paul Kersten)

(Conus (Rhizoconus) vicdani (Lan T.C. 1978)  (Image (for informational purposes only) Paul Kersten) - A synonym.

(Conus sugimotonis whiteheadae da Motta 1985) - A synonym.

Distribution: Philippines, Queensland Australia, Coral Sea
Maximum size: 110 mm

Conus sugimotonis Kuroda 1928...71mm...White ...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sugimotonis Kuroda 1928...70mm... Snow white with good lip and pointy apex...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sugimotonis Kuroda 1928...85mm...Pure white perfect lip...Australia (Image Schooner)

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

Distribution: South India
Maximum size : 50 mm

Conus sukhadwalai Röckel & da Motta 1983  (Image Giancarlo Paganelli)

Conus sulcatus Hwass 1792 - Sulcate Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Japan, Taiwan & Philippines, Bay of Bengal, Indonesia, Melanesia to Fiji
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus sulcatus Hwass 1792  Brown form  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus sulcatus Hwass 1792...60mm....Coronated white with tan shading...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus sulcatus f. bocki Sowerby III 1881  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A nearly smooth and weakly sculptured form with a broad last whorl, strongly tuberculate shoulder, variable in body sculpture; brown coloured.

Distribution:W. Thailand, Philippines to Melanesia
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus sulcatus f. bocki Sowerby III 1881  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus sulcatus f. bocki Sowerby III 1881...48mm. ..Albino...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. bocki Sowerby III 1881...61.5mm... Shades to rich brown at lip with nice shoulder knobs...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. bocki Sowerby III 1881...59mm... Orange-tan with brown axial marks...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. bocki Sowerby III 1881...58mm...Lots of little lines- most unusual for the form...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus sulcatus f. brettinghami Coomans Moolenbeek & E.Wils 1982  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A light, smooth and weakly sculptured form with a narrower last whorl the upper half smooth, almost solid (light) brown and an undulate to weakly tuberculate shoulder -

Distribution: India, W. Thailand, Philippines
Maximum size: 71 mm

Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A very broad form; last whorl sculptured with broad, often pustulose spiral ribs or ribbons, grooves between axially striate and often containing 1-3 spiral threads; -

Distribution: Philippines and Solomon Islands
Maximum size: 65 mm

Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982   Albino   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982...53 to 55mm...Good sized well corded specimens...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982....36mm...Heavily beaded spiral cords...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982...61mm...Big heavily corded and coronated...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982...56.5mm...White with a touch of gold! cords less pustulose than normal...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcatus f. samiae da Motta 1982 ...42.5mm...Heavily corded & coronated...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

See also: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_q_s/Sulcatus_samiae.htm

Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge 1981  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Philippines, Marshall Islands
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus sulcocastaneus.Kosuge 1981...58.5mm...This is a true beauty...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge 1981...50-53mm...Bigger Bolder Better...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge 1981...49 51mm. ..Golden-brown spotted spiral cords...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge 1981...44mm ..Golden-brown spotted spiral cords with distinct shoulder knobs...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)

Conus sunderlandi Petuch 1987 (Image Paul Kersten)
- According to Filmer valid
- According to Tucker a synonym of Conus philippii garciai Da Motta 1982
- Shoulder sharp angled; body whorl smooth and shiny, anterior tip with several strong spiral cords, shell colour white, overlaid with numerous closely packed rows of tiny, bright orange, vertical flammules, mid-body with a white band; anterior tip white, with few scattered orange flammules; spire whorls white with bright orange flammules; aperture white; Conus garciai and Conus sunderlandi were found together on different bottoms in Honduras, the first on muddy sand, the latter on coralline bottoms (Pers. Comm. Bruno Besse, PK).

Distribution: Caribbean Honduras
Maximum size: 33 mm

Conus suratensis Hwass 1792 - Suratan Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: India to Queensland Australia
Maximum size: 150 mm

Conus suratensis Hwass 1792  Form with almost no pattern   (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus suratensis Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus suratensis Hwass 1792...113mm...Great pattern...Phipippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus suratensis Hwass 1792...103mm...Turreted staircase apex and spots aligned to form axial bars...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus suratensis Hwass 1792...97 & 94mm...Opposite specimens...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus suratensis Hwass 1792...66-70mm...Pair has dots smeared into dashes...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus suturatus Reeve 1844 - Violet Base Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Guinea, Australia
Maximum size: 46 mm

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

Conus suturatus sandwichensis Walls 1978 - Hawaiian Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A subspecies, but could be a valid species; similar pattern, except for mostly darker spiral bands on the last whorl, a pale orange-brown base and a usually maculated spire.

Distribution: Hawaiian Is.
Maximum size: 20 mm

Conus suturatus sandwichensis Walls 1978 - Hawaiian Cone  (Image Paul Kersten

Conus swainsoni Estival & Von Cosel 1986 - Swainson's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: New Caledonia
Maximum size: 78 mm

Conus sydneyensis Sowerby 1887  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

(Conus (Leptoconus) sydneyensis illawarra (Garrard 1961)) - A synonym.

Distribution: New South Wales Australia
Maximum size: 50 mm

See also: www.seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Images/2500-1.jpg. from the Seashell Club of Sydney website.

Conus sydneyensis Sowerby 1887  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus tabidus Reeve 1844  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: W. Africa including Cape Verde Islands
Normal size: 40 mm

Conus tabidus Reeve 1844 Senegal  (Image Schooner)
Conus tabidus Reeve 1844  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus taeniatus Hwass 1792 - Ringed Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Red Sea to Oman
Maximum size: 43 mm

Conus taeniatus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus tamikoae Shikama 1973 - A colour form of Conus kinoshitai Kuroda 1956; See there.

Conus taslei Kiener 1845 - Tasle's Cone   (Image Manuel Tenorio)

Distribution: South West Africa: Guineas and southern Senegal
Maximum size: 40 mm

Conus taslei Kiener 1845  (Image from Specimenshells.net site)
Conus taslei Kiener 1845    (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus cf taslei Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Very much similar to Conus taslei although locality (a bit) outside known range; who can help?

Conus telatus Reeve 1848 - Philippine Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)  

Distribution: Southern Philippines
Maximum size: 85 mm

Conus telatus Reeve 1848...76mm......Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus telatus Reeve 1848...61mm...Excellent example of this attractive tent-cone...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus telatus Reeve 1848...55-60mm...Good normals...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus telatus Reeve 1848...40mm...Dark pattern and heavily corded...Philippines. (Image Schooner)

Conus telatus f. rugosus Lauer 1988  (Image Paul Kersten)
- The pustulated form. Sympatric.

Distribution: Philippines
Maximum size: 66.9 mm

Conus telatus f. rugosus Lauer 1988...49mm. ..Minutely-spaced but quite strong cording...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus telatus f. rugosus Lauer 1988   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & D. Röckel 2001  - holotype - (Image Manuel Tenorio)

Distribution: Angola
Maximum size: 35 mm

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

Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby 1858  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indian Ocean, Philippines to New Guinea, French Polynesia and Marshall Is.
Maximum size: 35 mm

Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby 1858...45mm...Rich brown with spire more "step-wise" than usual...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby 1858...35mm...Very dark for the species - an exceptional specimen...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)

Conus teodorae Rolán & Fernandes 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)

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

Conus teodorae Rolán & Fernandes 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus teodorae Rolán & Fernandes 1990  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus (Endemoconus) teramachii (Kuroda 1956) - Teramachi's Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: East Africa to Japan, Taiwan, Islands north of New Zealand, Queensland and W. Australia
Maximum size: 110 mm

Conus teramachii (Kuroda 1956)...84.5mm...A delightful creamy-yellow color...Mozambique. (Image Schooner)

Conus teramachii f. neotorquatus da Motta 1985  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A regional form

Distribution: Madagascar to Somalia
Maximum size: 111 mm

Conus teramachii f. neotorquatus da Motta 1985 (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)

See also: http://www.bigai.ne.jp/pic_book/data28/r002764.html

Conus terebra Born 1778 - Terebra Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: E. Africa to Marquesas and Australia
Maximum size: 98 mm

Conus terebra Born 1778...82mm...Good big typical form...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus terebra Born 1778...74mm...Good sized chunky finely corded example...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)

Conus terebra f. thomasi Sowerby III 1883  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden; more smooth with weaker spiral ribs than the nominate.

Distribution : Red Sea to India

Conus terminus Lamarck 1810 - A pattern-form of Conus gubernator Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus terryni Tenorio & Poppe 2004 - Terryn's Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- This is the same species as sagarinoi Fenzan 2004 which description was published a little bit later; last whorl conoid-cylindrical; aperture wider at base than near shoulder; anterior tip is blunt and rounded colour of the body whorl is uniform straw-yellow/ ivory; body whorl covered with ribbons of pale brown spots; aperture white.

Distribution : Aliguay Island, Philippines
Maximum size : 31,5 mm

Conus terryni Tenorio & Poppe 2004 - Live taken specimen   (Image C & S Shell Cabinet)

Conus tessulatus Born 1778 - Tesselate Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific and E. Pacific region
Maximum size: 82.8 mm

Conus tessulatus Born 1778  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus tessulatus Born 1778  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus tessulatus Born 1778  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus tessulatus Born 1778   A specimen from the Sea of Cortez, Panama (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus tessulatus Born 1778...42 - 46mm...Set of four patterns..Sri Lanka.  (Image Schooner)

Conus testudinarius Hwass 1792 - form of Conus ermineus Born 1778; See there.

(Conus tevesi Trovão 1978) - synonym of Conus musivus Kiener 1845; See there.

Conus textile Linnaeus 1758 - Cloth of Gold Cone   (Image Paul Kersten)
- Undoubtedly the world's most common cone, spanning the entire Indo-Pacific, except for the coast of the Americas. Fantastically variable, with many local and regional forms.

NOTE: For a wonderful gallery of forms and variants, see Andre Fontaine's intreaguing site: http://andrefontaine83.free.fr/Textile.htm - I can't say I agree with his designations 100% (Mayhew), but with a species this variable, this is not unexpected!!

(Conus textile tigrinus Sowerby 1857) - A synonym. (many other synonyms of course exist....)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 129.3 mm

Conus textile Linnaeus 1758  A minimal patterned form from Madagascar  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus textile Linnaeus 1758...55mm...Unusual locale...Réunion.  (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. archiepiscopus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Form with a fine reticulated pattern; ground colour white or blueish; last whorl ventricosely conical to ovate.

Distribution: - E. Africa similar patterned shells in Melanesia
Maximum size: 67 mm

Conus textile f. archiepiscopus Hwass 1792  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus textile f. auriger Röding P.1798 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A weak form with a widely meshed pattern and a few yellowish brown blotches; last whorl ovate: looks much alike form verriculum.

Distribution: Indian Ocean
Maximum size: 88 mm

Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900  (Image Paul Kersten)
- Form with variably dark brown axial lines; last whorl conoid-cylindrical to ovate.

Distribution: Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Madagascar Kenya
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900...69mm...Giant and nice...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900...63mm...Fairly normal...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900...57mm...Dark with blue tints ...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900...56mm...Intricate axial patterns...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900...45 to 48mm...Nice examples...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi Melvill 1900...38mm...Powerful example of this tightly-knit form...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. cholmondeleyi f. eumitus Tomlin 1926  (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
- A "sub-form" (a more solid and broader sympatric variant with 3 spiral colour bands) of cholmondeleyi Melvill. Linnaeus, who invented the binomial system to simplify things, would NOT approve - yet in this case it would appear to be a perfectly legitimate quatranomial, since the variant in question is easily and consistantly differentiated from its "parent form", although admittedly, intergrades do occur!! (Mayhew)

Distribution: South Africa to Mozambique
Maximum size: 80 mm

Conus textile f. concatenatus Kiener 1845  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Form with a very reduced reticulated pattern.

Distribution: Madagascar; Indo-Pacific
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus textile f. corbula Sowerby 1858 - Holotype. (Image courtesy of Alan Kohn)
- A form similar to archiepiscopus Hwass

Distribution: E. Africa
Maximum size: 70 mm

Conus textile f. dahlakensis da Motta 1982  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- A form intergrading between textile and neovicarius.

Distribution: Red Sea; Gulf of Aqaba
Maximum size: 87 mm

Conus textile f. eumitus Tomlin  (Image Korinna Sangiouloglou)
- A "sub-form" of cholmondeleyi (see there).

Conus textile f. euetrios Sowerby III 1882  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with broad shell and a pattern close to that of form archiepiscopus; last whorl ventricosely conical to ovate.

Distribution: E. & S.E. Africa
Maximum size: 90 mm

Conus textile f. euetrios Sowerby III 1882...33.5 - 37mm...Small bluish clouded and "textile" banded...Réunion  (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. euetrios Sowerby III 1882  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus textile f. neovicarius da Motta 1982  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A solid form from the Red Sea last whorl ventricosely conical; typical textile pattern.

Distribution: Red Sea Gulf of Aden
Maximum size: 100 mm

Conus textile f. neovicarius da Motta 1982...50mm...Nice bold pattern. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. neovicarius da Motta 1982...44mm...Broad shouldered quite triangular with white "tents"....  (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. panniculus Lamarck 1810  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form.

Distribution: E. Indies - Tahiti
Maximum size: 60 mm

Conus textile f. panniculus Lamarck 1810...37.5mm...Dark with high gloss...Marquesas. (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. pyramidalis Lamarck 1810  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form from Kenya and Madagascar; last whorl narrow and conoid-cylindrical to ventricosal conical spire relatively high.

Distribution: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Madagascar

Conus textile f. pyramidalis Lamarck 1810...81mm...A superb example for certain...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. pyramidalis Lamarck 1810    (Image from Eddie Hardy's site)
Conus textile f. pyramidalis Lamarck 1810...38 & 43mm...Good little pair shows pattern variations of this distinctly banded form...Réunion. (Image Schooner)

See also:..http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zonatus/Collection/Cones_t_z/Textile_pyramidalis.htm

Conus textile f. scriptus Sowerby II 1858  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A light form with spiral colour bands reduced to rows of spots and flecks; rather whitish; last whorl ventricosely conical to conoid-cylindrical.

Distribution: W. Indian Ocean, E. Africa
Maximum size: 61 mm

Conus textile f. scriptus Sowerby II 1858...66.5mm ...Example of a hard-to-get form...Madagascar. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. scriptus Sowerby II 1858...51mm ...As intricate and lovely as Carolingian miniscule...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. scriptus Sowerby II 1858 (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus textile f. scriptus Sowerby II 1858...48mm...Extreme side of the form with a few tan zig-zags. Nice dorsal display.  (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. scriptus Sowerby II 1858...33mm...Brown zig-zag tent lines...Réunion. (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. sirventi Fenaux 1943  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form with a reduced orange pattern; last whorl ventricosal conical.

Distribution: Madagascar

Conus textile f. sirventi Fenaux 1943  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus textile f. suzannae Van Rossum 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A small colour form with reddisch brown reticulated rows on a yellowish orange ground colour; last whorl narrow, conoical-cylindrical to ventricosely conical; spire rather high.

Distribution: Kenya - Zanzibar
Maximum size: 60mm

Conus textile f. suzannae Van Rossum 1990...35 & 38mm...Pair: one quite orange-pink one more normal color...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. suzannae Van Rossum 1990  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus textile f. suzannae Van Rossum 1990...33mm... "Clear-patterned"...Zanzibar. (Image Schooner)
Conus textile f. suzannae Van Rossum 1990   (Image from Eddie Hardy's Site)
Conus textile f. suzannae Van Rossum 1990...31 34mm....Interesting form with pattern VERY different from nominative form...Kenya.  (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. textilinus Kiener 1845  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A local form of the Marquesas.

Distribution: Marquesas
Maximum size: 51 mm

Conus textile f. textilinus Kiener 1845  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
Conus textile f. textilinus Kiener 1845...50mm...Good large example of this uncommon form...  (Image Schooner)

Conus textile f. verriculum Reeve 1843  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A rather solid form with a ventricosely conicalor ovate last whorl.

Distribution: Mauritius, Mozambique, Madagascar, Sri Lanka
Maximum size: 68 mm

Conus textile f. verriculum Reeve 1843 ...78mm...Zanzibar.  (Image Schooner)

See also::.http://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=904

- Conus thailandis da Motta 1978 is a subspecies of Conus crocatus Lamarck 1810; See there.

Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby I 1833 - Rough Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)
- An amazingly variable species. It is a wonder it has been "formed" to death like textile L.!

Distribution: East Indian Ocean: Phlippines
Maximum size: 111 mm

Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833   (Paul Kersten)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833   (Paul Kersten)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833   The "azona form" (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833...79mm. ..Pure snowy white albino...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833....65 to 75mm...Set from various localities a wide range of patterns...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833...65 to 66mm...Unusual black and white Philippine form...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833...63mm...Contrast pair (Image Schooner)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833...62mm. ..Solid orange-tan with the merest hint of brown lines...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833...60 to 64mm...Trio different patterns...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby 1833...54 and 57mm...Nice lipped pair fine patterned in orange-brown...Burma.  (Image Schooner)

Conus theodorei Petuch 2000  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- According to Tucker a synonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass 1792; Filmer: probably a synonym of Conus cardinalis or possibly valid
- A shell with straight sides and sharply-angled shoulder; shoulder ornamented with large rounded knobs projecting outwards from shoulder; spire low and flattened; projecting only on earliest whorls; body whorl coloured bright pink, overlaid with 2 wide, broken bands of deep orange-red, which in turn, are overlaid with scattered dark brown flammules and hairlines; pustulated spiral cords with small dots; spire whorls pink with small orange-brown flammules; protoconch dark pink.

Distribution: Bahamas
Maximum size: 43 mm

Conus thomae Gmelin 1791 - St. Thomas Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Moluccas Indonesia and S. Philippines
Maximum size: 92 mm

Conus thomae Gmelin 1791...70mm...Fabulous white lined pattern on brown...Philippines. (Image Schooner)
Conus thomae Gmelin 1791...69mm...Good shell...Philippines.  (Image Schooner)
Conus thomae Gmelin 1791  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus tiaratus Sowerby 1833 - Tiara Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: West Mexico to Equador
Maximum size: 49.2 mm

Conus tiaratus Sowerby 1833...36mm...Great pattern...Galapagos.  (Image Schooner)
Conus tiaratus Sowerby 1833   (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

Conus tiaratus f. roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder 1939  (Image Paul Kersten)
- A form.

Distribution : Clipperton Island

Conus timorensis Hwass 1792 - Timor Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: Mauritius to New Guinea
Maximum size: 45 mm

Conus timorensis Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)

Conus tinianus Hwass 1792 - Ruddy Cone  (Image Paul Kersten)

Distribution: South Africa
Maximum size: 50 mm

Conus tinianus Hwass 1792... 50mm... Solid chocolate brown...South Africa.  (Image Schooner)
Conus tinianus Hwass 1792  (Image Paul Kersten)
Conus tinianus Hwass 1792...50mm...Fabulous pattern. ...South Africa.  (Image Schooner)
Conus tinianus Hwass 1792...44.5 & 37mm...   Bright orange pair with strong patterns...South Africa. (Image Schooner)
Conus tinianus Hwass 1792...40mm...Nicely ORANGE ...South Africa.  (Image Schooner)

See also: http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_756.html - great variety of patterns!!

Conus tinianus f. aurora Lamarck 1810
- (lectotype image, from the Conus biodiversity website) - A sympatric colour form.

Conus tinianus f. lavendulus Bartsch, P., 1915 - Image needed!

- A sympatric colour form, presumably lavender.

Conus tinianus f. rosaceus Dillwyn 1817...38mm...Orange-pink with faint brown dashes...South Africa.  (Image Schooner)
- A sympatric colour form.

Conus tirardi Röckel & Moolenbeek 1996  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)
- Light shell with a multispiral protoconch; outline with a slightly convex apex and almost straight below; colour beige, with 3 spiral bands on the last whorl; base purple with spiral cords and irregular fine brown spots.

Distribution: New Caledonia, Pitcairn Is.
Maximum size: 31 mm

Conus (Rhizoconus) tisii (Lan 1978)  (Image from Shell Passion, Philippe Quiquandon)

Distribution: Philippines, Taiwan
Maximum size: 154 mm

Conus (Rhizoconus) tisii (Lan 1978)  (Image from Gene Mallory's Site)

- Conus tmetus Tomlin 1937 is a subspecies of Conus ochroleucus Gmelin 1791; See there.