WoRMS taxon details
Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758
428249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428249)
accepted
Species
Conus (Ductoconus) princeps Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted
Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus regius Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus regus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling by Küster (1838))
Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
- Variety Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910 accepted as Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428249 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 713 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910) Dall, W. H. (1910). Summary of the shells of the genus <i>Conus</i> from the Pacific coast of America in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 38 (1741): 217-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7615947 [details]
original description (of Conus regius Hwass, 1792) 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 lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592 [details]
page(s): 713 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Conus princeps var. apogrammatus Dall, 1910) Dall, W. H. (1910). Summary of the shells of the genus <i>Conus</i> from the Pacific coast of America in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 38 (1741): 217-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7615947 [details]
original description (of Conus regius Hwass, 1792) 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 lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [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]
[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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Conus regius Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Conus regius Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Conchology (Ductoconus princeps PERIO) (from synonym Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Ductoconus princeps) (from synonym Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus princeps)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus regius) (from synonym Conus regius Hwass, 1792)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedr...
To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Veraguas, Isla Cebaco, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Veraguas, Isla Cebaco, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3309) (from synonym Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876385 Dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Conus regius Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Conus regius Hwass, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Conchology (Ductoconus princeps PERIO) (from synonym Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Ductoconus princeps) (from synonym Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus princeps)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus regius) (from synonym Conus regius Hwass, 1792)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedr...
To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Veraguas, Isla Cebaco, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Veraguas, Isla Cebaco, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3309) (from synonym Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876385 Dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1832)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
 lineolatus.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedr...")
 apogrammatus.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758 Panama, Veraguas, Isla Cebaco, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
