Species Conus (Harmoniconus) sponsalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Museums

Regional Maps

• Conus sponsalis Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [635, no. 34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype aux îles Saint-George.
• Conus puncturatus Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [635, no. 35].

  Type data:

   Lectotype la Nouvelle-Hollande, sur les côtes de la baie Botanique (Botany Bay, NSW).
• Conus maculatus Bosc, L.A.G. 1801. Histoire naturelle des coquilles. Paris : Deterville Vols 1–5. [124, pl. 40, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype no locality.

 

Generic Combinations

• Conus (Harmoniconus) sponsalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. —
  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 [9]
• Harmoniconus sponsalis (Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792). —
  Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [98, 174, pl. 7, fig. 8]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and French Polynesia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 100 m

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Conidae/Pages/Conus_sponsalis.htm (date accessed 21/11/2011)

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [331]

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. [380, fig. 123G]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [147]

Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [92] (as Conus nanus)

Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp. [68, pl. 8, figs 1–8]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [346] (as Conus nanus)

Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. 2009. Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. ConchBooks pp. 296. [98, 174, pl. 7, fig. 8]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [215, pl. 47A, fig. 1]

 

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. 109] (The Bridal Cone)

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 40-47 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 47, sp. 261] (The Punctured Cone)

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [sp. 150] (as Conus nanus) (The Dwarf Cone)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	25-May-2015	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		24-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		11-Nov-2011	MODIFIED