WoRMS taxon details
Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786
215439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215439)
accepted
Species
Calamiconus jeffreyi Petuch & Sargent, 2011 · unaccepted
Calamiconus quercinus ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Cleobula albonerosa Garrard, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus (Lividoconus) quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation
Conus cingulum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Conus egregius G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 · unaccepted
Conus fulvostriatus Fenaux, 1942 · unaccepted
Conus hepaticus Kiener, 1847 · unaccepted
Conus jeffreyi (Petuch & Sargent, 2011) · unaccepted
Conus ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 · unaccepted (described in synonymy)
Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus quercinus var. albus H. Shaw, 1915 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus albus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
Dendroconus quercinus ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
- Variety Conus quercinus var. albus H. Shaw, 1915 accepted as Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Conus albus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887)
- Variety Conus quercinus var. ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 accepted as Conus quercinus [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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215439 on 2025-07-02
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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 quercinus var. albus H. Shaw, 1915) Shaw, H. O. N. (1915). Descriptions of colour varieties of <i>Conus quercinus</i>, Hwass, and <i>Cypraea lamarckii</i>, Gray. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(4):210., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715749 [details]
original description (of Conus quercinus var. ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1857-1858). 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 (17): 1-24, pls. 187-195 [1-9](1857); 3 (18): 25-56, pl. 196-210 [10-24] (1858). London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940426 [details]
original description (of Conus quercinus 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 cingulum 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 egregius G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1914). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from New Caledonia, Japan, Philippines, China, and West Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 8, 14: 475-480, pl. 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616710
page(s): 475-476, pl. 19 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Conus fulvostriatus Fenaux, 1942) Fenaux A. (1942) Nouvelles espèces du genre <i>Conus</i>. <i>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco</i> 814: 1-4, 1 pl. [10 January 1942] [details]
original description (of Conus hepaticus 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. 97 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Cleobula albonerosa Garrard, 1966) Garrard, T. A. (1966). New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 1(10): 3-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61018645
page(s): 11, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Calamiconus jeffreyi Petuch & Sargent, 2011) Petuch, E. J.; Sargent, D. M. (2011). New species of Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda) from the tropical Americas and Philippines. With notes on some poorly-known Floridian species. <em>Visaya.</em> 3 (3): 37-58. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Conus ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1857-1858). 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 (17): 1-24, pls. 187-195 [1-9](1857); 3 (18): 25-56, pl. 196-210 [10-24] (1858). London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940426
page(s): 54 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Conus quercinus var. albus H. Shaw, 1915) Shaw, H. O. N. (1915). Descriptions of colour varieties of <i>Conus quercinus</i>, Hwass, and <i>Cypraea lamarckii</i>, Gray. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(4):210., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715749 [details]
original description (of Conus quercinus var. ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1857-1858). 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 (17): 1-24, pls. 187-195 [1-9](1857); 3 (18): 25-56, pl. 196-210 [10-24] (1858). London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940426 [details]
original description (of Conus quercinus 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 cingulum 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 egregius G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1914). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from New Caledonia, Japan, Philippines, China, and West Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 8, 14: 475-480, pl. 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616710
page(s): 475-476, pl. 19 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Conus fulvostriatus Fenaux, 1942) Fenaux A. (1942) Nouvelles espèces du genre <i>Conus</i>. <i>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco</i> 814: 1-4, 1 pl. [10 January 1942] [details]
original description (of Conus hepaticus 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. 97 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Cleobula albonerosa Garrard, 1966) Garrard, T. A. (1966). New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 1(10): 3-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61018645
page(s): 11, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Calamiconus jeffreyi Petuch & Sargent, 2011) Petuch, E. J.; Sargent, D. M. (2011). New species of Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda) from the tropical Americas and Philippines. With notes on some poorly-known Floridian species. <em>Visaya.</em> 3 (3): 37-58. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Conus ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1857-1858). 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 (17): 1-24, pls. 187-195 [1-9](1857); 3 (18): 25-56, pl. 196-210 [10-24] (1858). London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940426
page(s): 54 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) (from synonym Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Conus cingulum Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Conus egregius G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Conus hepaticus Kiener, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications)
To Conchology (Calamiconus jeffreyi) (from synonym Calamiconus jeffreyi Petuch & Sargent, 2011)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus quercinus) (from synonym Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus quercinus)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) (from synonym Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Conus cingulum Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Conus egregius G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Conus hepaticus Kiener, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications)
To Conchology (Calamiconus jeffreyi) (from synonym Calamiconus jeffreyi Petuch & Sargent, 2011)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus quercinus) (from synonym Conus quercinus Hwass, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus quercinus)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
![To Malacopics (Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)](https://malacopics.nl/db/images_thumbs/Conus quercinus.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus quercinus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)")
