WoRMS taxon details
Conus litoglyphus Hwass, 1792
215430 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215430)
accepted
Species
Conus (Rhizoconus) seychellensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 · unaccepted (original combination)
Conus (Strategoconus) circumactus Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus (Strategoconus) litoglyphus Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus albomaculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March] · unaccepted
Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865 · unaccepted
Conus cinctus Swainson, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus cinctus Bosc, 1801; C. circumactus is a replacement name
Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 · unaccepted
Conus inermis Tinker, 1952 · unaccepted > unavailable name (Species listed as Conus...)
Species listed as Conus lithoglyphus, but mentions "The correct name for this species is believed to be Conus inermis Born"
Conus lacinulatus Kiener, 1850 · unaccepted
Conus pulchellus Swainson, 1822 · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of...)
junior secondary homonym of Cucullus pulchellus Röding, 1798
Conus seychellensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Conus subcapitaneus Link, 1807 · unaccepted
Cucullus cinamomeus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cucullus orleanus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Leptoconus litoglyphus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Strategoconus circumactus (Iredale, 1929) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Vituliconus circumactus (Iredale, 1929) · unaccepted
marine
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details]
Description Thick shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire and 5 rows of small granules at anterior end of whorl. Colour red with a mottled...
Description Thick shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire and 5 rows of small granules at anterior end of whorl. Colour red with a mottled white band around the shoulders and across the body whorl. Aperture white. Habitat: loewr eulittoral, often under boulders. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmonf, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus litoglyphus Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215430 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 281 [details]
original description (of Conus albomaculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): Index, 1 [details]
original description (of Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March]) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): 24, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Conus cinctus Swainson, 1822) Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614 [details]
original description (of Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1943). New cones from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 56: 85-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34564595
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Conus pulchellus Swainson, 1822) Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614 [details]
original description (of Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865) Crosse, H. (1865). Description de cônes nouveaux provenant de la collection Cuming. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13: 299-315, pls 10-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133910
page(s): 302, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Conus inermis Tinker, 1952) Tinker, S. (1952) Pacific Sea Shells. Mercantile Printing Co., Honolulu, 231 + 7 pp.
page(s): 40, fig. p. 41 center row. [details]
original description (of Conus lacinulatus Kiener, 1850) Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (<i>Conus</i>, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379] (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): 312, pl. 108 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Conus subcapitaneus Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Cucullus cinamomeus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Cucullus orleanus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Conus (Rhizoconus) seychellensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) Nevill, G.; Nevill, H. (1874). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 43(2): 21-30, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549374
page(s): 22-23 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 281 [details]
original description (of Conus albomaculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): Index, 1 [details]
original description (of Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March]) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): 24, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Conus cinctus Swainson, 1822) Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614 [details]
original description (of Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1943). New cones from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 56: 85-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34564595
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Conus pulchellus Swainson, 1822) Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614 [details]
original description (of Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865) Crosse, H. (1865). Description de cônes nouveaux provenant de la collection Cuming. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13: 299-315, pls 10-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133910
page(s): 302, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Conus inermis Tinker, 1952) Tinker, S. (1952) Pacific Sea Shells. Mercantile Printing Co., Honolulu, 231 + 7 pp.
page(s): 40, fig. p. 41 center row. [details]
original description (of Conus lacinulatus Kiener, 1850) Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (<i>Conus</i>, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379] (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): 312, pl. 108 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Conus subcapitaneus Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Cucullus cinamomeus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Cucullus orleanus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Conus (Rhizoconus) seychellensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) Nevill, G.; Nevill, H. (1874). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 43(2): 21-30, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549374
page(s): 22-23 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
additional source Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Thick shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire and 5 rows of small granules at anterior end of whorl. Colour red with a mottled white band around the shoulders and across the body whorl. Aperture white. Habitat: loewr eulittoral, often under boulders. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmonf, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pebble-carved conelithograph cone | [details] |
| German | Lithographische Kegelschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus seychellensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus subcapitaneus Link, 1807)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Conus pulchellus Swainson, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Conus cinctus Swainson, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Conus albomaculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Conus lacinulatus Kiener, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March])
To Conchology (Strategoconus litoglyphus YOUNG) (from synonym Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Strategoconus litoglyphus) (from synonym Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus circumactus) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus litoglyphus)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus litoglyphus Hwass, 1792 Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, ex coll. J...
To Malacopics (Conus litoglyphus Iredale, 1929 Mayotte, off Dzaoudzi, by diving, at 2 m depth, col...
To NHMUK collection (Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2386841) (from synonym Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL USNM 173225 Conus hammatus Barsch & Rehder, 1943) (from synonym Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus seychellensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus subcapitaneus Link, 1807)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Conus pulchellus Swainson, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Conus cinctus Swainson, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Conus albomaculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Conus lacinulatus Kiener, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March])
To Conchology (Strategoconus litoglyphus YOUNG) (from synonym Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Strategoconus litoglyphus) (from synonym Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus circumactus) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus litoglyphus)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus litoglyphus Hwass, 1792 Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, ex coll. J...
To Malacopics (Conus litoglyphus Iredale, 1929 Mayotte, off Dzaoudzi, by diving, at 2 m depth, col...
To NHMUK collection (Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2386841) (from synonym Conus carpenteri Crosse, 1865)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL USNM 173225 Conus hammatus Barsch & Rehder, 1943) (from synonym Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus hammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus circumactus Iredale, 1929)
