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Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908
426492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426492)
accepted
Species
Asprella tannaensis Cotton, 1945 · unaccepted
Conus (Turriconus) excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 · alternative representation
Conus pulcherrimus Brazier, 1894 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus pulcherrimus Heilprin, 1879
Turriconus excelsus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908) · unaccepted
Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1908). Description of a new species of the genus <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 8, 1: 465-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296200 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426492 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1908). Description of a new species of the genus <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 8, 1: 465-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296200 [details]
original description (of Asprella tannaensis Cotton, 1945) Cotton, B.C. (1945). A catalogue of the cone shells (Conidae) in the South Australian Museum. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 8(2): 228-280, 1 fig., 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40995693 [details]
original description (of Conus pulcherrimus Brazier, 1894) Brazier, J. (1894). [...a magnificent new cone, <i>Conus pulcherrimus</i>...]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> (2) 9: 187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6226699 [details]
original description (of Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968) Shikama T. & Habe T. (1968). A new Japanese cone, <i>Turriconus nakayasui</i> with reference to <i>Embrikena stupa</i> group. <em>Venus.</em> 26(3-4): 57-59, pl. 6., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/26/3-4/26_KJ00004340448/_pdf/-char/en [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
original description (of Asprella tannaensis Cotton, 1945) Cotton, B.C. (1945). A catalogue of the cone shells (Conidae) in the South Australian Museum. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 8(2): 228-280, 1 fig., 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40995693 [details]
original description (of Conus pulcherrimus Brazier, 1894) Brazier, J. (1894). [...a magnificent new cone, <i>Conus pulcherrimus</i>...]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> (2) 9: 187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6226699 [details]
original description (of Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968) Shikama T. & Habe T. (1968). A new Japanese cone, <i>Turriconus nakayasui</i> with reference to <i>Embrikena stupa</i> group. <em>Venus.</em> 26(3-4): 57-59, pl. 6., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/26/3-4/26_KJ00004340448/_pdf/-char/en [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Turriconus excelsus GIANT) (from synonym Turriconus excelsus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908))
To Conchology (Turriconus excelsus YOUNG) (from synonym Turriconus excelsus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908))
To Conchology (Turriconus excelsus) (from synonym Turriconus excelsus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908))
To Malacopics (Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 Philippines, Davao, Davao del Sur, Balut Island, by tangle net, at 100-200 m depth, collected 2004-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 Philippines, Davao, Davao del Sur, Davao, Balut Island, collected March 1990, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2853108)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876279 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877279 Ventral)
To Conchology (Turriconus excelsus YOUNG) (from synonym Turriconus excelsus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908))
To Conchology (Turriconus excelsus) (from synonym Turriconus excelsus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908))
To Malacopics (Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 Philippines, Davao, Davao del Sur, Balut Island, by tangle net, at 100-200 m depth, collected 2004-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 Philippines, Davao, Davao del Sur, Davao, Balut Island, collected March 1990, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2853108)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876279 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877279 Ventral)
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