WoRMS taxon details
Conus daucus Hwass, 1792
420208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420208)
accepted
Species
Conus (Dauciconus) daucus Hwass, 1792 · alternative representation
Conus (Dauciconus) hilli Petuch, 1990 · unaccepted
Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted
Conus castus Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted
Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted
Conus daucus daucus Hwass, 1792 · unaccepted
Conus daucus var. luteus Krebs, 1864 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus luteus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
Conus mamillaris Green, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)
invalid: junior homonym of Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Cucullus cardinalis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Conus...)
junior secondary homonym of Conus cardinalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Dauciconus (Dauciconus) daucus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Dauciconus daucus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
Dauciconus daucus daucus (Hwass, 1792) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Conus daucus daucus Hwass, 1792 accepted as Conus daucus Hwass, 1792
- Forma Conus daucus f. hilli Petuch, 1990 accepted as Conus hilli Petuch, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Forma Conus daucus f. vikingorum Petuch, 1993 accepted as Conus vikingorum Petuch, 1993 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Conus daucus riosi Petuch, 1986 accepted as Conus riosi Petuch, 1986 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Conus daucus var. luteus Krebs, 1864 accepted as Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus luteus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
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
page(s): 651 [details]
page(s): 651 [details]
Type locality contained in Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus daucus Hwass, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420208 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
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
page(s): 651 [details]
original description (of Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 136. [details]
original description (of Conus caribbaeus var. circumpunctatus Nowell-Usticke, 1968) Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1968. Caribbean cones from St. Croix and the Lesser Antilles. Narberth, Pennsylvania: Livingston Publishing Co. 31 pp., 4 pls. [details]
original description (of Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pl. 1-3 without imprinted date, assumed to be January 1843; stated dates: pl. 4, January 1843; pl. 5, june 1843; pl. 6-7, March 1843; pl. 8-10, April 1843; pl. 12-13, May 1843; pl. 11, 14-16, June 1843; pl. 17-19, July 1843; pl. 20-23, August 1843; pl. 24-26, September 1843; pl. 27-28, October 1843; pl. 29-35, November 1843; 36-39, December 1843; pl. 40-43, January 1844; pl. 44-47, February 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118900 [details]
original description (of Conus castus Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pl. 1-3 without imprinted date, assumed to be January 1843; stated dates: pl. 4, January 1843; pl. 5, june 1843; pl. 6-7, March 1843; pl. 8-10, April 1843; pl. 12-13, May 1843; pl. 11, 14-16, June 1843; pl. 17-19, July 1843; pl. 20-23, August 1843; pl. 24-26, September 1843; pl. 27-28, October 1843; pl. 29-35, November 1843; 36-39, December 1843; pl. 40-43, January 1844; pl. 44-47, February 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118900 [details]
original description (of Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. Supplementary plates 1-9 and unpaginated text. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica</i> [supplement to vol. 1]. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: suppl. pl. 1, February 1848; suppl. pl. 2-3, April 1848; suppl. pl. 4-9, June 1849; see notes in Petit R.E. 2007]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119114
page(s): pl. vii. sp. 274. [details]
original description (of Conus mamillaris Green, 1830) Green J. (1830). Monograph of the cones of North America, including three new species. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 1: 121-125, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45146193
page(s): 123, pl. 3 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 15: 266 [details]
original description (of Cucullus cardinalis 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]
page(s): 651 [details]
original description (of Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 136. [details]
original description (of Conus caribbaeus var. circumpunctatus Nowell-Usticke, 1968) Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1968. Caribbean cones from St. Croix and the Lesser Antilles. Narberth, Pennsylvania: Livingston Publishing Co. 31 pp., 4 pls. [details]
original description (of Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pl. 1-3 without imprinted date, assumed to be January 1843; stated dates: pl. 4, January 1843; pl. 5, june 1843; pl. 6-7, March 1843; pl. 8-10, April 1843; pl. 12-13, May 1843; pl. 11, 14-16, June 1843; pl. 17-19, July 1843; pl. 20-23, August 1843; pl. 24-26, September 1843; pl. 27-28, October 1843; pl. 29-35, November 1843; 36-39, December 1843; pl. 40-43, January 1844; pl. 44-47, February 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118900 [details]
original description (of Conus castus Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pl. 1-3 without imprinted date, assumed to be January 1843; stated dates: pl. 4, January 1843; pl. 5, june 1843; pl. 6-7, March 1843; pl. 8-10, April 1843; pl. 12-13, May 1843; pl. 11, 14-16, June 1843; pl. 17-19, July 1843; pl. 20-23, August 1843; pl. 24-26, September 1843; pl. 27-28, October 1843; pl. 29-35, November 1843; 36-39, December 1843; pl. 40-43, January 1844; pl. 44-47, February 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118900 [details]
original description (of Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Conus</i>. Supplementary plates 1-9 and unpaginated text. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica</i> [supplement to vol. 1]. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: suppl. pl. 1, February 1848; suppl. pl. 2-3, April 1848; suppl. pl. 4-9, June 1849; see notes in Petit R.E. 2007]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119114
page(s): pl. vii. sp. 274. [details]
original description (of Conus mamillaris Green, 1830) Green J. (1830). Monograph of the cones of North America, including three new species. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 1: 121-125, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45146193
page(s): 123, pl. 3 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 15: 266 [details]
original description (of Cucullus cardinalis 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]
Other
additional source
Warmke, G. L. (1957). List of the Conidae of Puerto Rico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 71(1): 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518950
page(s): 3 [details]
additional source Van Mol, J. J. & Tursch, B. (1968). Distinction between <i>Conus juliae</i>, <i>C. daucus</i> and <i>C. brasiliensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 82(1): 5-6, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517050 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2019). Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l'expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 24: 3-31.
page(s): 11, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
subsequent type designation Touitou D., Puillandre N., Bouchet P. & Clovel P. (2020). Description of two new species of cone snails from the Lesser Antilles. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 30: 40-46.
page(s): 42; note: neotype designation [details]
page(s): 3 [details]
additional source Van Mol, J. J. & Tursch, B. (1968). Distinction between <i>Conus juliae</i>, <i>C. daucus</i> and <i>C. brasiliensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 82(1): 5-6, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517050 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2019). Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l'expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 24: 3-31.
page(s): 11, pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
subsequent type designation Touitou D., Puillandre N., Bouchet P. & Clovel P. (2020). Description of two new species of cone snails from the Lesser Antilles. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 30: 40-46.
page(s): 42; note: neotype designation [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (123 barcodes) (from synonym Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Conus mamillaris Green, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conus castus Reeve, 1844)
To Conchology (Dauciconus daucus) (from synonym Dauciconus daucus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus daucus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus sanguinolentus) (from synonym Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 Aruba, Malmok, on coral and sponges, at 8 m depth, ex coll...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2013-71527)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus connectens USNM 1196305) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus connectens USNM 1197227) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus castus Reeve, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Conus mamillaris Green, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conus castus Reeve, 1844)
To Conchology (Dauciconus daucus) (from synonym Dauciconus daucus (Hwass, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus daucus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conus sanguinolentus) (from synonym Conus sanguinolentus Reeve, 1849)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 Aruba, Malmok, on coral and sponges, at 8 m depth, ex coll...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2013-71527)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus connectens USNM 1196305) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Conus connectens USNM 1197227) (from synonym Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus castus Reeve, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 1810)
To ITIS
