Species Conus (Conus) marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [712, no. 250].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Asia.
• Cucullus proarchithalassus Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [38, no. 470/5].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Conus maculatus Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 24, fig. 4] [junior homonym; not Conus maculatus Bosc, 1801].

  Type data:

   Holotype.
• Conus marmoreus granulatus Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1839. Conus. pls 153–158 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd). [pl. 155/156, fig. 120*] [as Conus marmoreus var. granulatus].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Conus crosseanus Bernardi, M. 1861. Description de deux espèces du genre Cone. Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 168–171 [168, pl. 6, figs 3–4].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Nova Caledonia.
• Conus suffusus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259 [255, pl. 22, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, New Caledonia.
• Conus suffusus noumeensis Crosse, H. 1872. Diagnoses molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 20: 154-157 [155, pl. 16, fig. 2] (as Conus suffusus var. noumeensis).

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Noumea, Novae Caledoniae.
• Conus pseudomarmoreus Crosse, H. 1875. Note sur une espèces manuscrite de M. le Professeur G.P. Deshayes. Journal de Conchyliologie 23: 223-225 [223, pl. 9, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN.
• Conus crosseanus lineata Crosse, H. 1878. Description d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques. Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 166–169 [168, pl. 3, figs 3–3a] [as Conus crosseanus var. lineata].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Nova Caledonia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Coronaxis marmoreus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp. [72, pl. 64, fig. 2]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from India to Fiji; Coral Sea (e.g. Australian Museum reference collection C.130414)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, coral reef, intertidal, marine, predator, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

To 15 m; feeds on gastropods

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [185, pl. 25, fig. 15]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [175-176, pl. 42, fig. 1]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [329]

Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp. [72, pl. 64, fig. 2]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [64]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [375, fig. 122A]

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [41, pl. 1, figs 1-9]

Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls [212-213, pl. 21, fig. 1]

Smith, E.A. 1897. Notes on some type-specimens in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 2(5): 229-232 [229] (as Conus crosseanus)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [209, pl. 43, figs 7a-d]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [144, pl. 97, fig. 6]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 14, sp. 74] (The Marble Cone)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	14-May-2015	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		24-Jun-2014	MODIFIED