WoRMS taxon details
Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
429368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:429368)
accepted
Species
Conus (Floraconus) compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · alternative representation
Conus anemone compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Conus atractus Tomlin, 1937 · unaccepted
Conus fusiformis Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Conus fusiformis Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; C. atractus is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Appendix to monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (24-25): 325–331, pl. 286–289. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940752 [details]
Taxonomy There is taxonomic uncertainty as to whether this is a synonym (northern form?) of Conus anemone or a separate, valid...
Taxonomy There is taxonomic uncertainty as to whether this is a synonym (northern form?) of Conus anemone or a separate, valid species. As there are conservation implications, a precautionary approach should be taken, and C. compressus is here tentatively listed as a valid species. The real C. compressus has a distribution restricted from Geraldton to Shark Bay, but in recent years the name has been mistakenly applied to a tall-spired form of anemone from South Australia. [H. Morrison, pers. com. October 2011] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429368 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Appendix to monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (24-25): 325–331, pl. 286–289. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940752 [details]
original description (of Conus fusiformis 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 atractus Tomlin, 1937) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1937). Catalogue of recent and fossil cones. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 22(4): 205-330.
page(s): 206 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
original description (of Conus fusiformis 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 atractus Tomlin, 1937) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1937). Catalogue of recent and fossil cones. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 22(4): 205-330.
page(s): 206 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [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 Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 119 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 119 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy There is taxonomic uncertainty as to whether this is a synonym (northern form?) of Conus anemone or a separate, valid species. As there are conservation implications, a precautionary approach should be taken, and C. compressus is here tentatively listed as a valid species. The real C. compressus has a distribution restricted from Geraldton to Shark Bay, but in recent years the name has been mistakenly applied to a tall-spired form of anemone from South Australia. [H. Morrison, pers. com. October 2011] [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Conus atractus Tomlin, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Conus fusiformis Lamarck, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus compressus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Conus anemone compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Malacopics (Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsula,...
To Malacopics (Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, in lobster net...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Conus fusiformis Lamarck, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus compressus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Conus anemone compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Malacopics (Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Australia, South Australia, Eyre Peninsula,...
To Malacopics (Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, in lobster net...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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