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

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Conus (Kalloconus)*	da Motta, 1991	synonym; alternate representation
*Kalloconus*	da Motta, 1991	synonym

Children

Conus canariensis (M. Tenorio, Abalde, Pardos-Blas & Zardoya, 2020)
Conus desidiosus A. Adams, 1854
Conus franciscanus Hwass, 1792
Conus fumigatus Hwass, 1792
Conus guanche Lauer, 1993
Conus guinaicus Hwass, 1792
Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786
Conus vayssierei Pallary, 1906
Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cone snails; cones 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: Kegelschnecken

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
additional source	Coomans, H. E., Moolenbeek, R. G. & Wils, E. (1979-1985). Alphabetical revision of the (sub)species in recent Conidae. Basteria. 1) abbas to adansoni 43: 9-26, 1979: 2) adansoni to albuquerquei 43: 81-105,1979. 3.)albus to antillarum, 44: 17-49,1980. 4.)aphrodite to azona, 45: 3-55,1981. 5.)baccatus to byssinus, 46 :3-67,1982. 6.)cabritti to cinereus, 47: 67-143,1983. 7.) cingulatus to cylindraceus, 48: 223-311,1985.
additional source	Martens, E. von. (1872). Cuticula (Epidermis) von Conus. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 4(4): 62-63.
additional source	Kohn, A.J. (1992) A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758–1840. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., x + 315 pp., 26 pls.
additional source	Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps.
additional source	Röckel, D.; Korn, W. & Kohn, A. J. (1995). Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. Verlag Christa Hemmen, Weisbaden. 517 pp.
additional source	Kohn A.J. & Riggs A.C. (1979). Catalogue of recent and fossil Conus, 1937-1976. Journal of Molluscan Studies (1979), 45, 131-147.
additional source	Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137813