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Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
215501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215501)
accepted
Species
Conus (Stephanoconus) imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Conus dautzenbergi Fenaux, 1942 · unaccepted
Conus douvillei Fenaux, 1942 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus douvillei Cossmann & Pissaro, 1901
Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970 · unaccepted
Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus flavescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
Conus viridulus Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Cucullus coronaducalis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cucullus imperialis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cucullus regius Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Conus imperialis imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies Conus imperialis queketti E. A. Smith, 1906
- Subspecies Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970 accepted as Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 accepted as Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus flavescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Subspecies Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 accepted as Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots...
Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots and dashes, and two wider brown bands also bearing dots and dashes. Base brown and aperture white. Habitat: on shallow sand around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215501 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 712 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970) Wils, E. 1969-1972. Familie Conidae; werkgroep "Xenophora". Antwerp: J. Kruyniers. 28 pp. [details]
original description (of Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933) Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224. [details]
original description (of Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933) Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224. [details]
original description (of Conus douvillei 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 viridulus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [details]
original description (of Conus dautzenbergi 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 Cucullus imperialis 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 coronaducalis 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 regius 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]
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 Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 226. [details]
page(s): 712 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970) Wils, E. 1969-1972. Familie Conidae; werkgroep "Xenophora". Antwerp: J. Kruyniers. 28 pp. [details]
original description (of Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933) Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224. [details]
original description (of Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933) Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224. [details]
original description (of Conus douvillei 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 viridulus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [details]
original description (of Conus dautzenbergi 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 Cucullus imperialis 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 coronaducalis 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 regius 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]
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 Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 226. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots and dashes, and two wider brown bands also bearing dots and dashes. Base brown and aperture white. Habitat: on shallow sand around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | imperial cone | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Conus viridulus Lamarck, 1810)
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis DEEP WATER) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis FREAK) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis GIANT) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis GRANULATE) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis LARGE) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis NOCNOCAN) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis SET) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis YOUNG) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 172 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Conus viridulus Lamarck, 1810)
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis DEEP WATER) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis FREAK) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis GIANT) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis GRANULATE) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis LARGE) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis NOCNOCAN) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis SET) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis YOUNG) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Rhombiconus imperialis) (from synonym Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 172 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From other sources
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