Conus

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Cone snails
Geography cone, Conus geographus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Genus: Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758

Conus is a genus of medium-sized to large, sophisticated predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, with the common names of cone snails, cone shells or cones.

This genus currently contains more than 500 extant species.

[edit] Species

The following list of species is incomplete.

Conus abbotti Clench, 1942 Conus achatinus Gmelin, 1791 Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810 Conus africanus L.C. Kiener, 1849 Conus alabaster Reeve, 1849 Conus albicans Sowerby II, 1857 Conus aldrovadi Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791 Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758 Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889 Conus anabathrum Crosse, 1865 Conus anemone Lamarck, 1810 Conus aphrodite Petuch, 1979 Conus araneosus Lightfoot, 1786 Conus archon Broderip, 1833 Conus arcuatus Broderip et Sowerby, 1829 Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus aristophanes Sowerby II, 1857 Conus armadillo Shikama, 1971 Conus armiger Crosse, 1858 Conus articulatus Sowerby III, 1873 Conus artroptus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833 Conus asiaticus da Motta, 1985 Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844 Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus auratinus da Motta, 1982 Conus auratus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987 Conus aureus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus auricomus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus aurisiacus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus austini Rehder & Abbott, 1951 Conus australis Holten, 1802 Conus baileyi Röckel & da Motta, 1979 Conus bajanensis Usticke, 1968 Conus balteatus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833 Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus bartschi Hanna et Strong, 1949 Conus batheon Sturany, 1904 Conus bengalensis Conus berdulinus Veillard, 1972 Conus bermudensis Clench, 1942 Conus bernardi Kiener, 1845 Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus binghamae Petuch, 1987 Conus bocki Sowerby III, 1881 Conus boeticus Reeve, 1844 Conus boholensis Petuch, 1979 Conus broderipii Reeve, 1844 Conus bruuni Powell, 1958 Conus brunneus Wood, 1828 Conus bullatus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus californicus Hinds, 1844 Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792 Conus canonicus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus caracteristicus G. Fischer, 1807 Conus cardinalis Hwass, 1792 Conus caribbaeus Clench, 1942 Conus carinatus Swainson, 1822 Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus cebuganus da Motta & Martin, 1982 Conus cepasi Trovao, 1975 Conus cernohorskyi da Motta, 1983 Conus cervus Lam., 1822 Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798) Conus chiangi (Azuma, 1972) Conus chrysocestus S. S. Berry, 1968 Conus cinereus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929 Conus circumcisus Born, 1778 Conus citrinus Gmelin, 1791 Conus clarki Rehder et Abbott, 1951 Conus coccineus Gmelin, 1791 Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858 Conus collisus Reeve, 1849 Conus colorovariegatus Kosuge, 1981 Conus comatosa Pilsbry, 1904 Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855 Conus consors Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833 Conus conspersus Conus corallinus Kiener, 1845 Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791 Conus crocatus Lam., 1810 Conus cylindraceus Broderip & Sowerby I, 1830 Conus dalli Stearns, 1873 Conus daphne Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 Conus daullei Cross, 1858 Conus dayriti Röckel & da Motta, 1983 Conus delessertii Recluz, 1843 Conus delicatus Schepman, 1913 Conus diadema Sowerby, 1834 Conus dispar Sowerby, 1833 Conus distans Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus dondani Kosuge, 1981 Conus duplicatus Sowerby I, 1823 Conus dusaveli (Adams, H., 1872) Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus elisae Conus emaciatus Reeve, 1849 Conus episcopatus da Motta, 1982 Conus ermineus Born, 1778 Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 Conus excelsus Sowerby III, 1908 Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810 Conus eximius Reeve, 1849 Conus fergusoni Sowerby, 1873 Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus fischoederi Röckel & da Motta, 1983 Conus flamingo Petuch, 1980 Conus flavescens G. B. II Sowerby, 1834 Conus flavidus Lam., 1810 Conus floccatus G.B. I Sowerby et G.B. II Sowerby, 1841 Conus floccatus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1839 Conus floridanus Gabb, 1868 Conus floridensis G. B. II Sowerby, 1870 Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve, 1848 Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848 Conus fulgetrum Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1834 Conus fulvobullatus da Motta, 1982 Conus furvus Reeve, 1843 Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767 Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus gladiator Broderip, 1833 Conus glans Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus glaucus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus glicksteini Petuch, 1987 Conus gloriakiiensis Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz, 1777 Conus gradatus Wood, 1828 Conus grangeri Conus granifer Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus gubba Kiener, 1845 Conus harasewychi Petuch, 1987 Conus hirasei (Kira, 1956) Conus howelli Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 Conus hypochlorus Tomlin, 1937 Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda, 1956) Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 Conus insculptus Kiener, 1845 Conus ione Fulton, 1938 Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791 Conus juliae Clench, 1942 Conus kermadecensis Iredale, 1912 Conus kimioi (Habe, 1965) Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge, 1970 Conus kohni McLean & Nybakken, 1979 Conus kuroharai (Habe, 1965) Conus lani Crandall, 1979 Conus lapulapui da Motta & Martin, 1982 Conus laterculatus Sowerby III, 1870 Conus legatus Lam., 1810

Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel, 1982 Conus leobrerai da Motta & Martin, 1982 Conus leopardus (Röding, 1798) Conus leonardi Bernardi et Crosse, 1861 Conus lignarius Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875 Conus litoglyphus Röding, 1798 Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus lucidus Wood, 1828 Conus luteus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833 Conus lynceus Sowerby II, 1857 Conus macarae Bernardi, 1857 Conus macgintyi Pilsbry, 1955 Conus magdalenae Kiener, 1845 Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843 Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus mazei Deshayes, 1874 Conus mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1955 Conus melvilli Sowerby, 1878 Conus memiae (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) Conus mercatii Brocchi, 1814 Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758 Conus miliaris Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus mindanus Hwass, 1792 Conus mitratus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus montillai Röckel, 1985 Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858 Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843 Conus muriculatus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833 Conus mus Hwass, 1792 Conus musicus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus mustelinus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus neptunus Reeve, 1843 Conus nereis Petuch, 1979 Conus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus nielsenae Marsh, 1963 Conus nigropunctatus Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 Conus nobrei Trovao, 1975 Conus nocturnus Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758 Conus obscurus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1833 Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791 Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus orbignyi Audouin, 1831 Conus otohimeae Kuroda & Ito, 1961 Conus pagodus Kiener, 1845 Conus papillosus Kiener, 1845 Conus parius Reeve, 1844 Conus parvulus Link, 1807 Conus patae Abbott, 1971 Conus patricius Hinds, 1843 Conus pealii Green, 1830 Conus pergrandis (Iredale, 1937) Conus perplexus Sowerby, 1857 Conus perryae Clench, 1942 Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus pilkeyi Petuch, 1974 Conus planorbis Born, 1778 Conus plinthis Richard & Moolenbeek, 1988 Conus polongimarumai Kosuge, 1980 Conus polyglotta Weinkauff, 1874 Conus poormani S. S. Berry, 1968 Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Conus proximus Sowerby II, 1859 Conus pseudorbignyi Röckel & Lan, 1982 Conus pseudosulcatus Conus pulchellus auct., Swainson, 1822 (non Röding, 1798) Conus pulchellus Röding, 1798 Conus pulcher Lightfoot, 1786 Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus puncturatus Conus purpurascens Sowerby, 1833 Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786 Conus radiatus Gmelin, 1791 Conus rainesae McGinty, 1953 Conus ranunculus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus raphanus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus raoulensis Powell, 1958 Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus recluzianus Bernardi, 1853 Conus recurvus Broderip, 1833 Conus regius Gmelin, 1791 Conus regularis Sowerby, 1833 Conus retifer Menke, 1829 Conus rogmartini da Motta, 1982 Conus saecularis Melvill, 1898 Conus samiae da Motta, 1982 Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Conus sazanka Shikama, 1970 Conus scabriusculus Dillwyn, 1817 Conus scalaris Valenciennes, 1832 Conus scalptus Reeve, 1843 Conus selenae Van Mol, Tursch et Kempf, 1967 Conus sennottorum Rehder et Abbott, 1951 Conus smirna Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 Conus sowerbei Nyst, 1836 Conus sowerbii Reeve, 1849 Conus sowerbyi Bronn, 1848 Conus sowerbyi Sowerby III, 1870 Conus spectrum Linnaeus, 1758 Conus sphacelatus Conus spiculum Reeve, 1849 Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus spurius Gmelin, 1791 Conus stearnsii Conrad, 1869 Conus stercusmuscarum Linnaeus, 1758 Conus stimpsoni Dall, 1902 Conus stramineus Lam., 1810 Conus striatellus Link, 1807 Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758 Conus subaequalis Sowerby III, 1870 Conus sugillatus Reeve, 1844 Conus sugimotonis Kuroda, 1928 Conus sulcatus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus sulcocastaneus Kosuge, 1981 Conus suratensis Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus taeniatus Hwass, 1792 Conus telatus Reeve, 1848 Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby II, 1858 Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956) Conus terebra Born, 1778 Conus tessulatus Born, 1778 Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby I in Sowerby II, 1834 Conus thomae Gmelin, 1791 Conus tigrinus Conus tornatus Sowerby, 1933 Conus tribblei Walls, 1977 Conus tulipa Linnaeus, 1758 Conus undulatus auct., Sowerby II, 1857-1858 (non Solander, 1786) Conus ustickei Miller In Usticke, 1959 Conus varius Linnaeus, 1758 Conus ventricosus (Gmelin, 1791) Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1789 Conus vicdani Lan, 1978 Conus victoriae Reeve, 1843 Conus vidua Reeve, 1843 Conus villepinii P. Fischer et Bernardi, 1857 Conus vimineus Reeve, 1849 Conus vinctus Conus viola Cernohorsky, 1977 Conus virgatus Reeve, 1849 Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758 Conus vittatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792 Conus vitulinus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus voluminalis Reeve, 1843 Conus vulpinus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792 Conus wakayamaensis (Kuroda, 1956) Conus ximenes Gray, 1839 Conus zebroides Kiener, 1845 Conus ziczac Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1816

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Conus Biodiversity Website