WoRMS taxon details
Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792
215507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215507)
accepted
Species
Conus (Harmoniconus) ceylanensis Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus ceylonicus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 · unaccepted (misspelling of original species...)
misspelling of original species name, Conus ceylanicus.
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215507 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
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 ceylonicus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018 [details]
original description (of Conus ceylonicus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. [details]
status source Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). <i>A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.
page(s): 860. [details]
status source Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). <i>A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.
page(s): 860. [details]
Other
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 Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]
additional source Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
 ceylanensis.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792 Australia, Western Australia, under rocks, collected ...")
