WoRMS taxon details
Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791
215462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215462)
accepted
Species
Conus (Virgiconus) violaceus Gmelin, 1791 · alternative representation
Conus tendineus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Hermes violaceus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Pseudohermes violaceus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
marine
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215462 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Conus tendineus Hwass, 1792) 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]
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 tendineus Hwass, 1792) 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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Conus tendineus Hwass, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus violaceus)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791 Tanzania, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus tendineus Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Conus tendineus Hwass, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus violaceus)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791 Tanzania, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus tendineus Hwass, 1792)
