Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Conidae > Genus Conus

Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Conus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Conus (Kalloconus)*	da Motta, 1991	synonym
*Kalloconus*	da Motta, 1991	synonym

Species group names

*Conus papilionaceus*	Hwass, 1792	synonym
*Conus pulcher siamensis*	Hwass, 1792	synonym
*Conus siamensis*	Hwass, 1792	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: butterfly cone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Schmetterlingskegel

Literature

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. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp.
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)	Lister, M. (1685–1695). Historiae Conchyliorum. Privately printed, London, 290 pp. with 439 pls.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224308