African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS taxon details

Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

215501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215501)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Rhombiconus J. K. Tucker & M. Tenorio, 2009

Parent

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Conus (Stephanoconus) imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation

Conus dautzenbergi Fenaux, 1942 · unaccepted

Conus douvillei Fenaux, 1942 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)

invalid: junior homonym of Conus douvillei Cossmann & Pissaro, 1901

Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970 · unaccepted

Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)

invalid: junior homonym of Conus flavescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834

Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)

invalid: junior homonym of Conus nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1860

Conus viridulus Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted

Cucullus coronaducalis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted

Cucullus imperialis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted

Cucullus regius Röding, 1798 · unaccepted

Rhombiconus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Conus imperialis imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Conus imperialis queketti E. A. Smith, 1906
Subspecies Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970 accepted as Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 accepted as Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus flavescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Subspecies Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933 accepted as Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus nigrescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)

Environment

marine

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots...

Description A thick shell, up to 10 cm, with flat but nodular spire and and shoulders. Colour cream with many bands of dark brown dots and dashes, and two wider brown bands also bearing dots and dashes. Base brown and aperture white. Habitat: on shallow sand around reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus imperialis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215501 on 2025-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2001-12-15 16:49:27Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-10-27 10:23:08Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-08-14 10:20:19Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 712 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Conus imperialis compactus Wils, 1970) Wils, E. (1969-1972). Familie Conidae. Uitgave Conchyliologische studiegroep "Xenophora", Antwerpen, pp. 108, 18pls. [details]

original description (of Conus imperialis flavescens Barros e Cunha, 1933) Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224. [details]

original description (of Conus imperialis nigrescens Barros e Cunha, 1933) Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. 1933. Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224. [details]

original description (of Conus douvillei Fenaux, 1942) Fenaux A. (1942) Nouvelles espèces du genre Conus. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 814: 1-4, 1 pl. [10 January 1942] [details]

original description (of Conus viridulus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 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 [details]

original description (of Conus dautzenbergi Fenaux, 1942) Fenaux A. (1942) Nouvelles espèces du genre Conus. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 814: 1-4, 1 pl. [10 January 1942] [details]

original description (of Cucullus imperialis 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 coronaducalis 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 regius 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 Filmer, R. M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 84. [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 226. [details]