WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Virgiconus terebra (Born, 1778)

AphiaID

580142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:580142)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Conus terebra Born, 1778

Rank

Species

Parent

Virgiconus Cotton, 1945 accepted as Conus (Virgiconus) Cotton, 1945 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus terebra Born, 1778

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Conus terebra Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Virgiconus terebra (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580142 on 2026-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-09-16 18:27:29Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-10-20 03:43:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-04-16 00:48:27Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Conus terebra Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]

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