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Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792
215507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215507)
accepted
Species
Conus (Harmoniconus) ceylanensis Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus ceylonicus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 · unaccepted (misspelling of original species...)
misspelling of original species name, Conus ceylanicus.
marine
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215507 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. <i>Conus</i>. Pp. 586-757, in Bruguière J.G.. Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. [13 Feb. 1792; date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33703372#page/428/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Conus ceylonicus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018 [details]
additional source Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
additional source Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]
source of synonymy Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. [details]
status source Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). <i>A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.
page(s): 860. [details]
original description (of Conus ceylonicus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018 [details]
additional source Filmer, R. M. (2001). <i>A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998</i>. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]
additional source Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]
source of synonymy Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. [details]
status source Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). <i>A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.
page(s): 860. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792 Australia, Western Australia, under rocks, collected November 1974, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Conus ceylanensis Hwass,1792 NEOTYPE Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Hikkaduwa beach)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Conus ceylanensis Hwass, 1792 Australia, Western Australia, under rocks, collected November 1974, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Conus ceylanensis Hwass,1792 NEOTYPE Sri Lanka, Daku?u pa?ata, Hikkaduwa beach)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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