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WoRMS taxon details

Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-2539)

AphiaID

428386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428386)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Thalassiconus J. K. Tucker & M. Tenorio, 2013

Parent

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Synonymised names

Conus (Calibanus) thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · alternative representation

Conus castrensis A. Gould, 1842 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Conus mariei Jousseaume, 1899 · unaccepted

Conus thalassiarchus f. ikatt Shikama, 1979 · unaccepted (unavailable name: established as...)

unavailable name: established as a "form" after 1960

Conus thalassiarchus var. elevata Wils, 1972 · unaccepted

Conus vidua var. azona Wils, 1972 · unaccepted (unavailable name: established as...)

unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960

Conus vidua var. depriesteri Wils, 1972 · unaccepted (unavailable name: established as...)

unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960

Thalassiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) · unaccepted

Virgiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) · unaccepted

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Forma Conus thalassiarchus f. ikatt Shikama, 1979 accepted as Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (unavailable name: established as a "form" after 1960)
Variety Conus thalassiarchus var. elevata Wils, 1972 accepted as Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). Conus. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): 56, figs. 80, 85 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428386 on 2025-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-27 10:23:08Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-09-16 18:27:29Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1841). Conus. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 54-57, 147-148, 151-158, fig. 1-137. Catalogue and index, 4 pp. [Parts 27-37, figs 1-58 (1833); parts 54-57, figs 59-91 (1834); parts 147-148, figs 92-102 (1838); parts 151-158, figs 103-137 (1839); index (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11916181
page(s): 56, figs. 80, 85 [details]

original description (of Conus thalassiarchus f. ikatt Shikama, 1979) Shikama, T. 1979. Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific (II). Science Reports of the Yokosuka City Museum 26:1-6, 1 pl.
page(s): 4, pl. 1 figs 11-12 [details]

original description (of Conus castrensis A. Gould, 1842) Gould, A. A. (1842). Characters of shells to be fully described in the next number of the journal. Boston Journal of Natural History. 4 (1): back cover., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362813 [details]

original description (of Conus mariei Jousseaume, 1899) Jousseaume, F. P. 1899. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Le Naturaliste 21:8, 1 fig. [details]

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

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

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

basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [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]