Conus ermineus
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Mint Jiddou, Azza
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
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subject: Conus ermineus Born, 1778
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus ermineus Born, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215538 on 2026-08-28
created: 1997-02-22T17:55:09Z
modified: 2011-10-02T11:38:56Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Conus ermineus Born, 1778
class: Gastropoda
family: Conidae
genus: Conus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in: Clench, W. J. (1942). The genus Conus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 1(6):1-40, 15 pls.
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Hwass C.H. (1792). Cone. Conus. 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].
name published in: 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.
name published in: Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808].
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1843-1844). Monograph of the genus Conus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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].
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1848-1849). Monograph of the genus Conus. Supplementary plates 1-9 and unpaginated text. In: Conchologia Iconica [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].
name published in: 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.
name published in: Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie. 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805].
name published in: 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)].
name published in: Weinkauff, H. C. (1873-1875). Die Familie der Coneae oder Conidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. Vol. 4(2): 125-244 (1873); 245-300 (1874); 301-413 (1875).
name published in year: 1778
name published in year: 1942
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1792
name published in year: 1810
name published in year: 1806-1808
name published in year: 1843-1844
name published in year: 1848-1849
name published in year: 1798
name published in year: 1801-1806
name published in year: 1833-1841
name published in year: 1873-1875
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 137813
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Born, 1778
specific epithet: ermineus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted