WoRMS taxon details
Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792
428201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428201)
accepted
Species
Conus (Splinoconus) malacanus Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus canaliculatus Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus canaliculatus Brocchi, 1814
Conus cuneatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 · unaccepted
Conus subcarinatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865 · unaccepted
Stellaconus malacanus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
marine
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. Conus. 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
page(s): 645 [details]
page(s): 645 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428201 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. Conus. 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
page(s): 645 [details]
original description (of Conus cuneatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873). Descriptions of five new cones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 145-146, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504348
page(s): 146, pl. 15 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Conus subcarinatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of Conus from the collection of H. Cuming, ESQ., and two from the collection of the late Mr. Denisson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865: 518-519, pl. 32. [details]
page(s): 645 [details]
original description (of Conus cuneatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873). Descriptions of five new cones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 145-146, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504348
page(s): 146, pl. 15 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Conus subcarinatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of Conus from the collection of H. Cuming, ESQ., and two from the collection of the late Mr. Denisson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865: 518-519, pl. 32. [details]
Other
additional source
Filmer, R. M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
Present 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Conus canaliculatus Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Conus cuneatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conus subcarinatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792 India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, by diving, collected 1978...
To Malacopics (Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792 India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, by diving, collected 1978...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Conus cuneatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conus subcarinatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792 India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, by diving, collected 1978...
To Malacopics (Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792 India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, by diving, collected 1978...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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