WoRMS taxon details
Conus aureus Hwass, 1792
426369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426369)
accepted
Species
Conus (Cylinder) aureus Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of C....)
invalid: junior homonym of C. auricomus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Cylinder aureus aureus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Cylinder aureus paulucciae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1887) · unaccepted
Cylinder paulucciae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1887) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Conus aureus aureus Hwass, 1792
- Subspecies Conus aureus paulucciae G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
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 aureus Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426369 on 2025-04-05
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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 auricomus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [details]
original description (of Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [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]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus DEAD) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus GIANT) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus GRANULATE) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus LARGE) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus SECOND) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder paulucciae) (from synonym Cylinder paulucciae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1887))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus aureus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus auricomus) (from synonym Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus aureus Hwass, 1792 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Olango Island, by fish...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus DEAD) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus GIANT) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus GRANULATE) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus LARGE) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus SECOND) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder aureus) (from synonym Cylinder aureus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder paulucciae) (from synonym Cylinder paulucciae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1887))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus aureus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus auricomus) (from synonym Conus auricomus Lamarck, 1810)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus aureus Hwass, 1792 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Olango Island, by fish...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection