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Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786
428935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428935)
accepted
Species
Conus (Strategoconus) augur [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation
Conus augur Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus punctatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Cucullus magus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Conus...)
junior secondary homonym of Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758
Cucullus pulverulentus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Dendroconus augur ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Vituliconus augur ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428935 on 2025-09-10
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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 [details]
original description (of Conus augur 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 punctatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Cucullus magus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Cucullus pulverulentus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [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 Paulay, G. & Meyer, C. P. (2025). The cones of Oman: Endemism and divergence in a remarkable marine setting. <em>Malacologia.</em> 67(1-2): 145–176.
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Conus augur 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 punctatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Cucullus magus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Cucullus pulverulentus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [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 Paulay, G. & Meyer, C. P. (2025). The cones of Oman: Endemism and divergence in a remarkable marine setting. <em>Malacologia.</em> 67(1-2): 145–176.
page(s): 155 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus (Lithoconus) augur USNM 1197225)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus (Lithoconus) augur USNM 1197225)
Unreviewed
![To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)](https://malacopics.nl/showimage.php?malacopicname=Conidae&image=Conus augur.jpg "To Malacopics (Conus augur [Lightfoot], 1786 Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
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