WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Harmoniconus musicus (Hwass, 1792)

AphiaID

577328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:577328)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Conus (Harmoniconus) musicus Hwass, 1792 represented as Conus musicus Hwass, 1792

Rank

Species

Parent

Harmoniconus da Motta, 1991 accepted as Conus (Harmoniconus) da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus musicus Hwass, 1792

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Conus musicus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 629 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Harmoniconus musicus (Hwass, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577328 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-07-20 16:58:55Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-05-13 21:03:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-19 17:20:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-29 07:11:35Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Conus musicus Hwass, 1792) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 629 [details]

basis of record Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details]

To Conchology (Harmoniconus musicus GRANULATE)
To Conchology (Harmoniconus musicus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Harmoniconus musicus)

Unreviewed