Species Conus (Darioconus) pennaceus Born, 1778

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus pennaceus Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. - Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp. [152].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMW, China, corrected to Coast of Mozambique.
• Conus rubiginosus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [744, no. 138].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG, Mindanao.
• Conus praelatus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [746, no. 140].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG, les mers des grandes Indes (East Indies).
• Conus episcopus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [748, no. 142].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG, les mers des grandes Indes (East Indies).
• Cucullus aureus 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] [29, no. 630/118] [junior homonym; not Conus aureus Hwass, 1792].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Conus colubrinus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442 [433, no. 163].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN 114, les mers des grandes Indes (East Indies).
• Conus elisae Kiener, L.C. 1845. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau et Baillière Vol. 2. [pl. 64, figs 1–1a].
• Conus stellatus Kiener, L.C. 1845. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau et Baillière Vol. 2. [pl. 99, fig. 3].
• Conus racemosus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1873. Description of twelve new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 718–722, pl. 749 [721, pl. 59, fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype Sandwich Islands?.
• Conus marmoricolor Melvill, J.C. 1900. A revision of textile cones with description of C. cholmondeleyi n. sp. Journal of Conchology 9: 303–311 [310].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Conus quasimagnificus Motta, A.J. da 1982. Seventeen new cone shell names (Gastropoda: Conidae). Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 1: 1–26 [3, pl. figs 3a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG, in Khor Fakkau in the Gulf of Oman.
• Conus rubropennatus Motta, A.J. da 1982. Seventeen new cone shell names (Gastropoda: Conidae). Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 1: 1–26 [6, pl. figs 6a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG, Réunion Island, Indian Ocean.
• Conus bazarutensis Fernandes, C. & Monteiro, A. 1988. A new subspecies of Conus pennaceus Born, 1778 from southern Mocambique. Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 10: 19-22 [19, pl., figs AA-BB].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, Bazaruto Islands, near southern Mozambique coast.
• Conus ganensis Delsaerdt, A. 1988. Conus pennaceus ganensis nov. subsp. Gloria Maris 27(1): 1-5 [1, figs 1-9].

  Type data:

   Holotype KBIN, Gan island, Maldives.
• Conus mauritiensis Lauer, J. 1992. Conus episcopus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792 et description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce de Conidae de l'ile Maurice. Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 16: 51-56 [54, pls figs 9a-d, 10A-B].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, Anse de Mahébourg, Ile Maurice.
• Conus vezoi Korn, W., Niederhöfer, H.J. & Blöcher, M. 2000. Conus pennaceus from Madagascar- a complex of geographical subspecies (Gastropoda: Conidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 610: 1-25 [20, pl. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype 30438, SW Madagascar, Maromitiliky.
• Conus tsara Korn, W., Niederhöfer, H.J. & Blöcher, M. 2000. Conus pennaceus from Madagascar- a complex of geographical subspecies (Gastropoda: Conidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 610: 1-25 [4, pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype 30424, SE Madagascar, Taolañaro (Fort Daupohin).

 

Generic Combinations

• Darioconus pennaceus (Born, 1778). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [70]
• Conus (Darioconus) pennaceus Born, 1778. —
  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 [7]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean and Hawaiian Islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, continental shelf, coral reef, coral rubble, infralittoral fringe, marine, muddy sand, rocks, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [122, pl. 1, fig. 6]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [123, pl. 3, fig. 1] (as Conus elisae)

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [78, figs 9-12] (as Conus episcopus)

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. [376-378, fig. 123A-B]

Korn, W., Niederhöfer, H.J. & Blöcher, M. 2000. Conus pennaceus from Madagascar- a complex of geographical subspecies (Gastropoda: Conidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 610: 1-25

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [296, pl. 63, figs 1-29, pl. 64, figs 1-19]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [354] (as Gastridium episcopus)

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [70]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [212, pl. 41, fig. 13]

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. [146, pl. 98, fig. 1] (as Conus episcopus)

 

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. [sp. 120] (as Conus praelatus) (The Episcopal Cone, The Prelate Cone)

Reeve, L.A. 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 4-9 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Murex. London : Reeve, suppl. 1. [sp. 280] (as Conus elisae) (Eliza'sp. Cone)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	20-May-2015	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		22-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED