MolluscaBase taxon details
Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792
215515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215515)
accepted
Species
Conus (Cylinder) archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus (Cylinder) priscai Bozzetti, 2012 · unaccepted
Conus (Darioconus) biancae Bozzetti, 2010 · unaccepted
Conus archiepiscopus multilineatus Bozzetti, 2023 · unaccepted > unavailable name (no type material fixed)
Conus biancae Bozzetti, 2010 · unaccepted
Conus communis Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Conus euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 · unaccepted
Conus eumitus Tomlin, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Conus pavillardae T. Cossignani, 2019 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus priscai (Bozzetti, 2012) · unaccepted
Conus pyramidalis Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Conus sirventi Fenaux, 1943 · unaccepted
Conus suzannae van Rossum, 1990 · unaccepted
Conus textile archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Conus quercinus var....)
non Conus quercinus var. ponderosa G.B. Sowerby II, 1858
Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Cylinder archiepiscopus sirventi (Fenaux, 1943) · unaccepted
Cylinder biancae (Bozzetti, 2010) · unaccepted
Cylinder eumitis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of specific epithet)
Cylinder peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cylinder priscai Bozzetti, 2012 · unaccepted
Cylinder suzannae (van Rossum, 1990) · unaccepted
Cylindrus textile f. archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Darioconus biancae (Bozzetti, 2010) · unaccepted
Tenorioconus peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Conus archiepiscopus multilineatus Bozzetti, 2023 accepted as Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type material fixed)
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 archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215515 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 textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1882). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 117-121, pl. 5 [June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825393
page(s): 120, pl. 5, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Conus eumitus Tomlin, 1926) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1926). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16.
page(s): 288, pl. 16, fig. 3. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Conus sirventi Fenaux, 1943) Fenaux A. (1943). Description de Conidae nouveaux. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 834: 1-4. [13 February 1943]. [details]
original description (of Conus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932) Dautzenberg, P. (1932). Mollusques Testacés marins de Madagascar, supplément. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 76: 5-119, 1 plate., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5566940b/f6.item
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Conus biancae Bozzetti, 2010) Bozzetti L. (2010) <i>Conus biancae</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new species from Southern Madagascar. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 66: 15-16. [details]
original description (of Cylinder priscai Bozzetti, 2012) Bozzetti L. (2012) <i>Cylinder priscai</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new species from South-Eastern Madagascar. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 77: 22-23. [October 2012] [details]
original description (of Conus pavillardae T. Cossignani, 2019) Cossignani T. (2019). <i>Conus pavillardae</i> nuova specie dal Mozambico. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 103: 35. [details]
original description (of Tenorioconus peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021) Cossignani T. & Allary A. (2021). <i>Tenorioconus peterstimpsoni</i> sp. n. dal Venezuela. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 111: 10-11. [details]
original description (of Cylinder peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021) Cossignani, T. & Allary, A. (2021). <i>Cylinder peterstimpsoni</i> nuova specie dal Madagascar. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 113: 14-15. [details]
original description (of Conus archiepiscopus multilineatus Bozzetti, 2023) Bozzetti, L. (2023). <i>Conus archiepiscopus plurilineatus</i> da Toliara, Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 119: 8.
note: plurilineatus in title and figure legend; multilineatus in text [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 Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
note: treated as synonym of C. textile [details]
status source Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 19: 25-75.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1882). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 117-121, pl. 5 [June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825393
page(s): 120, pl. 5, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Conus eumitus Tomlin, 1926) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1926). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(3): 283-301, pl. 16.
page(s): 288, pl. 16, fig. 3. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Conus sirventi Fenaux, 1943) Fenaux A. (1943). Description de Conidae nouveaux. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 834: 1-4. [13 February 1943]. [details]
original description (of Conus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932) Dautzenberg, P. (1932). Mollusques Testacés marins de Madagascar, supplément. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 76: 5-119, 1 plate., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5566940b/f6.item
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Conus biancae Bozzetti, 2010) Bozzetti L. (2010) <i>Conus biancae</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new species from Southern Madagascar. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 66: 15-16. [details]
original description (of Cylinder priscai Bozzetti, 2012) Bozzetti L. (2012) <i>Cylinder priscai</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new species from South-Eastern Madagascar. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 77: 22-23. [October 2012] [details]
original description (of Conus pavillardae T. Cossignani, 2019) Cossignani T. (2019). <i>Conus pavillardae</i> nuova specie dal Mozambico. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 103: 35. [details]
original description (of Tenorioconus peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021) Cossignani T. & Allary A. (2021). <i>Tenorioconus peterstimpsoni</i> sp. n. dal Venezuela. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 111: 10-11. [details]
original description (of Cylinder peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021) Cossignani, T. & Allary, A. (2021). <i>Cylinder peterstimpsoni</i> nuova specie dal Madagascar. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 113: 14-15. [details]
original description (of Conus archiepiscopus multilineatus Bozzetti, 2023) Bozzetti, L. (2023). <i>Conus archiepiscopus plurilineatus</i> da Toliara, Madagascar Sud-Occidentale. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 119: 8.
note: plurilineatus in title and figure legend; multilineatus in text [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 Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
note: treated as synonym of C. textile [details]
status source Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 19: 25-75.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Conus communis Swainson, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Conus euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Conus pyramidalis Lamarck, 1810)
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus BLUE) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus cf.) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus ORANGE) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus SPECIAL FORM) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus archiepiscopus)
To GB Mollusca Types (Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1882; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00035) (from synonym Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Conus textile archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Conus biancae Bozzetti, 2010)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Antsiranana, Diégo-Suarez, collected 1987-12-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, collected 1999-00-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, collected 1999-00-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Mozambique, collected 1988-10-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Tanzania, Kaskazini Unguja, Nungwi, in shallow water, by diving, collected 1995-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus suzannae van Rossum,1990 HOLOTYPE Kenya, Kilifi, Malindi)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus eumitus Tomlin, 1926)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Conus euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Conus pyramidalis Lamarck, 1810)
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus BLUE) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus cf.) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus ORANGE) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus SPECIAL COLOR) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus SPECIAL FORM) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To Conchology (Cylinder archiepiscopus) (from synonym Cylinder archiepiscopus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus archiepiscopus)
To GB Mollusca Types (Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1882; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00035) (from synonym Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Conus textile archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Conus biancae Bozzetti, 2010)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Antsiranana, Diégo-Suarez, collected 1987-12-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, collected 1999-00-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, collected 1999-00-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Mozambique, collected 1988-10-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Tanzania, Kaskazini Unguja, Nungwi, in shallow water, by diving, collected 1995-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus suzannae van Rossum,1990 HOLOTYPE Kenya, Kilifi, Malindi)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus eumitus Tomlin, 1926)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810)
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 euetrios.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus archiepiscopus Hwass, 1792 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel .)")
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