WoRMS taxon details
Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786
428935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428935)
accepted
Species
Conus (Strategoconus) augur [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation
Conus augur Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus punctatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Cucullus magus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Conus...)
junior secondary homonym of Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758
Cucullus pulverulentus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Dendroconus augur ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Vituliconus augur ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428935 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
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 [details]
original description (of Conus augur Hwass, 1792) 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 punctatus 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 Cucullus magus 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 [details]
original description (of Cucullus pulverulentus 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 [details]
original description (of Conus augur Hwass, 1792) 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 punctatus 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 Cucullus magus 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 [details]
original description (of Cucullus pulverulentus 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 [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 Paulay, G. & Meyer, C. P. (2025). The cones of Oman: Endemism and divergence in a remarkable marine setting. <em>Malacologia.</em> 67(1-2): 145–176.
page(s): 155 [details]
additional source Paulay, G. & Meyer, C. P. (2025). The cones of Oman: Endemism and divergence in a remarkable marine setting. <em>Malacologia.</em> 67(1-2): 145–176.
page(s): 155 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Conus augur Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Conus punctatus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Conus augur Hwass, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus augur)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus augur) (from synonym Conus augur Hwass, 1792)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus (Lithoconus) augur USNM 1197225)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Conus augur Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Conus punctatus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Conus augur Hwass, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus augur)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus augur) (from synonym Conus augur Hwass, 1792)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus (Lithoconus) augur USNM 1197225)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
![To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)](https://malacopics.nl/db/images_thumbs/Conus augur.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
