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Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786
224308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224308)
accepted
Species
Conus (Kalloconus) pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation
Conus archithalassius Link, 1807 · unaccepted
Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [May] · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus bicolor G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 [March]
Conus breviculus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted
Conus fluctifer Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Conus gigas Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · unaccepted
Conus grandis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 · unaccepted
Conus leoninus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus leoninus [Lightfoot], 1786
Conus nicolii J. Wilson, 1831 · unaccepted
Conus papilionaceus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus papillaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted
Conus prometheus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus pulcher pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted
Conus pulcher siamensis Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus siamensis Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted (original rank)
Cucullus indiae Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Kalloconus pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Kalloconus pulcher siamensis (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Conus pulcher pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786
- Subspecies Conus pulcher siamensis Hwass, 1792 accepted as Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786
marine
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 179 [details]
Lister, M. (1685–1695). Historiae Conchyliorum. Privately printed, London, 290 pp. with 439 pls., available online at http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/nat_hist/id/2392
page(s): Fig. 772 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
Lister, M. (1685–1695). Historiae Conchyliorum. Privately printed, London, 290 pp. with 439 pls., available online at http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/nat_hist/id/2392
page(s): Fig. 772 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224308 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 179 [details]
original description (of Conus archithalassius 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
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Conus papilionaceus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Conus prometheus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 667 [details]
original description (of Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [May]) 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): 28, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Conus breviculus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 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): 37, fig. 55 [details]
original description (of Conus fluctifer Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 382 [details]
original description (of Conus grandis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 16, [266], fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Conus leoninus Gmelin, 1791) 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 nicolii J. Wilson, 1831) Wilson, J. 1826-1831. Illustrations of zoology, being representations of new, rare or remarkable subjects of the aninmal kingdom...with...descriptive details. Edinburgh:
page(s): pl. 36 [details]
original description (of Conus gigas Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Conus papillaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 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): 37, fig. 54 [details]
original description (of Cucullus indiae 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
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Conus siamensis Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 662 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Lister, M. (1685–1695). Historiae Conchyliorum. Privately printed, London, 290 pp. with 439 pls., available online at http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/nat_hist/id/2392
page(s): Fig. 772 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
original description (of Conus archithalassius 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
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Conus papilionaceus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Conus prometheus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 667 [details]
original description (of Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 [May]) 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): 28, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Conus breviculus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 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): 37, fig. 55 [details]
original description (of Conus fluctifer Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 382 [details]
original description (of Conus grandis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 16, [266], fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Conus leoninus Gmelin, 1791) 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 nicolii J. Wilson, 1831) Wilson, J. 1826-1831. Illustrations of zoology, being representations of new, rare or remarkable subjects of the aninmal kingdom...with...descriptive details. Edinburgh:
page(s): pl. 36 [details]
original description (of Conus gigas Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Conus papillaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 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): 37, fig. 54 [details]
original description (of Cucullus indiae 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
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Conus siamensis Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 662 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Lister, M. (1685–1695). Historiae Conchyliorum. Privately printed, London, 290 pp. with 439 pls., available online at http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/nat_hist/id/2392
page(s): Fig. 772 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher FREAK) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher GIANT) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher SECOND) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To GB Mollusca Types (Conus nicolii Wilson, 1831; Holotype; NMS.Z.1959.43.13301) (from synonym Conus nicolii J. Wilson, 1831)
To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Sao Tomi and Principe, Sao Tomi, Lagoa Azul, on sand, by diving at 20-25 m depth, collected 2004-10, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Anse de Hann, at 10 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Ile de N'Gor, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher GIANT) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher SECOND) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Kalloconus pulcher pulcher) (from synonym Kalloconus pulcher pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To GB Mollusca Types (Conus nicolii Wilson, 1831; Holotype; NMS.Z.1959.43.13301) (from synonym Conus nicolii J. Wilson, 1831)
To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Sao Tomi and Principe, Sao Tomi, Lagoa Azul, on sand, by diving at 20-25 m depth, collected 2004-10, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Anse de Hann, at 10 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Ile de N'Gor, ex coll. J. Trausel)
![To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Sao Tomi and Principe, Sao Tomi, Lagoa Azul, on sand, by diving at 20-25 m depth, collected 2004-10, ex coll. J. Trausel .)](https://malacopics.nl/showimage.php?malacopicname=Conidae&image=Conus pulcher (8).jpg "To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Sao Tomi and Principe, Sao Tomi, Lagoa Azul, on sand, by diving at 20-25 m depth, collected 2004-10, ex coll. J. Trausel .)")
![To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Anse de Hann, at 10 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. J. Trausel)](https://malacopics.nl/showimage.php?malacopicname=Conidae&image=Conus pulcher (2).jpg "To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Anse de Hann, at 10 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
![To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Ile de N'Gor, ex coll. J. Trausel)](https://malacopics.nl/showimage.php?malacopicname=Conidae&image=Conus pulcher.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 Senegal, Dakar, Ile de N'Gor, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
