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Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786
428886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428886)
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Species
Conus (Conus) nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation
Conus deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 · unaccepted
Conus nocturnus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym and homonym of Conus...)
synonym and homonym of Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786
marine
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 8, n. 142; p. 156, n. 3411. [details]
page(s): p. 8, n. 142; p. 156, n. 3411. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428886 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 8, n. 142; p. 156, n. 3411. [details]
original description (of Conus nocturnus 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 deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (17): 1-24, pls. 187-195 [1-9](1857); 3 (18): 25-56, pl. 196-210 [10-24] (1858). London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940426 [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 Lorenz F. & Barbier J.P. (2012) Two new cones from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae). <i>Acta Conchyliorum</i> 11: 3-10. [April 2012] [details]
page(s): p. 8, n. 142; p. 156, n. 3411. [details]
original description (of Conus nocturnus 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 deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (17): 1-24, pls. 187-195 [1-9](1857); 3 (18): 25-56, pl. 196-210 [10-24] (1858). London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940426 [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 Lorenz F. & Barbier J.P. (2012) Two new cones from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae). <i>Acta Conchyliorum</i> 11: 3-10. [April 2012] [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Conus deburghiae) (from synonym Conus deburghiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1857)
To Malacopics (Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, Mimaropa, Palawan, Balabac Island, collected 1972, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, Mimaropa, Palawan, Balabac Island, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, Mimaropa, Palawan, Balabac Island, collected 1972, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Conus nocturnus [Lightfoot], 1786 Philippines, Mimaropa, Palawan, Balabac Island, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
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