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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus regius Gmelin, 1791


Range: 26.5°N to 21.62°S; 87.3°W to 31.83°W
Depth: 0 to 95 m (live 0 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 75  mm

Synonymy

Conus citrinus Gmelin, 1791
Conus leucostictus Gmelin, 1791
Conus regius Gmelin, 1791
Conus nebulosus Hwass, 1792
Cucullus coronacivica Röding, 1798
Cucullus spurius Röding, 1798
Spuriconus spurius (Röding, 1798) 
Conus citrinus G. Fischer, 1807

Details


Conus ammiralis var. f [i.e, gamma] var. regius Gmelin, 1791, p. 3379-3380, [Martini, 1773, pl. 62, fig. 684 (by lectotype designation of Clench 1942: 4)]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Hwass (1792)
Type Locality: Unknown ["Jaimanitas, Cuba (near Havana)", restricted by Clench (1942)]
Range: 26.5°N to 21.62°S; 87.3°W to 31.83°W
Depth: 0 to 95 m (live 0 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados, Brazil: Para, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Trindade Island
References: Clench (1942b) NT; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Leal (1991b) DdLlSE; Fernández Milera (1998)
Comments: Infrasubspecific as originally named, but available from Gmelin because Clench (1942) used it as valid (ICZN Article 45.6.4.1).

Conus citrinus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3389, [Martini, 1773, pl. 61, fig. 681]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'ad Curacas' [Curaçao]
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Clench (1942b) T; Abbott (1958) s; Usticke (1959) NSEWM
Comments: See also C. citrinus auct. = C. mus.

Conus citrinus G. Fischer, 1807, p. 133-134, [Martini, 1773, pl. 61, fig. 681]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Couracao
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao

Cucullus corona civica Röding, 1798, p. 38, [Martini 1773, pl. 61, fig. 678]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Kohn (1975) T; Coomans et al. (1985a) s

Conus leucostictus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3388, [Lister, t. 759, f.4, t. 777, f.24; Gualt. t. 21, f.L; Knorr 6, t.13, f. 5; Martini 2, t. 61, f. 678]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Oceano americano
References: Kohn (1966) sT

Conus nebulosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792a, p. 606-608, [1798, pl. 317, fig. 1-4, 9]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Solander
Type Locality: St. Domingue, Martinique [restricted to Santo Domingo by Clench (1942)]
Range: 24.5°N to 20°N; 81.5°W to 72°W
Maximum Reported Size: 63 mm
Distribution: Hispaniola, Martinique
References: McGinty (1939b) NSEW; Clench (1942b) s; Kohn (1968) MT
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791.

Cucullus spurius Röding, 1798, p. 39, [Knorr 6, pl. 1, fig. 2]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Kohn (1975) sT
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791.
Combining Genera:  Spuriconus


Partial List of References

Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 345-757. Panckoucke: Paris.
Fischer, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff Museum Demidoff 3 [iv] + ix + 330 pp., 6 pls. Université imperiale: Moscou. [True date: post 30 Dec.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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