WoRMS taxon details
Conus purus Pease, 1863
429445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:429445)
accepted
Species
Conus (Darioconus) purus Pease, 1863 · alternative representation
Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1874 · unaccepted
Conus stellatus Kiener, 1847 · unaccepted
Darioconus purus (Pease, 1863) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pease, W. H. (1863). Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1862): 278-280, pl. 11 ["1862"; published April 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627260
page(s): 279 [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus purus Pease, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429445 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Pease, W. H. (1863). Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1862): 278-280, pl. 11 ["1862"; published April 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627260
page(s): 279 [details]
original description (of Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1874). Descriptions of twelve new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 718–722, pl. 59. [April 1874]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28505009
page(s): 721, pl. 59 fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Conus stellatus Kiener, 1847) Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (<i>Conus</i>, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379] (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): pl. 99 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Darioconus leviteni J. K. Tucker, M. Tenorio & Chaney, 2011) Tucker J.K., Tenorio M.J. & Chaney H.W. (2011) A revision of the status of several conoid taxa from the Hawaiian Islands: Description of <i>Darioconus levieni</i> n. sp., <i>Pionoconus striatus oahuensis</i> n. ssp. and <i>Harmoniconus paukstisi</i> n. sp. (Gastropoda, Conidae). In: Severns M., <i>Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells</i>: 501-514. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
original description (of Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1874). Descriptions of twelve new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 718–722, pl. 59. [April 1874]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28505009
page(s): 721, pl. 59 fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Conus stellatus Kiener, 1847) Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (<i>Conus</i>, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379] (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016
page(s): pl. 99 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Darioconus leviteni J. K. Tucker, M. Tenorio & Chaney, 2011) Tucker J.K., Tenorio M.J. & Chaney H.W. (2011) A revision of the status of several conoid taxa from the Hawaiian Islands: Description of <i>Darioconus levieni</i> n. sp., <i>Pionoconus striatus oahuensis</i> n. ssp. and <i>Harmoniconus paukstisi</i> n. sp. (Gastropoda, Conidae). In: Severns M., <i>Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells</i>: 501-514. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. [details]
Other
additional source
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
note: treated as synonym of C. pennaceus [details]
additional source Johnson R.I. (1994). Types of shelled Indo-Pacific mollusks described by William Harper Pease. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 154(1): 1-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10047117
page(s): 21, pl. 6 fig. 23 [details]
note: treated as synonym of C. pennaceus [details]
additional source Johnson R.I. (1994). Types of shelled Indo-Pacific mollusks described by William Harper Pease. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 154(1): 1-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10047117
page(s): 21, pl. 6 fig. 23 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Conus stellatus Kiener, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1874; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00024) (from synonym Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1874)
To Malacopics (Conus purus Pease, 1863 United States, Hawaii, O'ahu, W side, ex coll. A. van Es .)
To Malacopics (Conus purus Pease,1863 Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, collected June 1987, ex coll. J...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus stellatus Kiener, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1874; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00024) (from synonym Conus racemosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1874)
To Malacopics (Conus purus Pease, 1863 United States, Hawaii, O'ahu, W side, ex coll. A. van Es .)
To Malacopics (Conus purus Pease,1863 Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, collected June 1987, ex coll. J...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus stellatus Kiener, 1847)
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