Conus and Cypraea species named by Carolus Linnaeus in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae (May 24, 1758) and their present nomenclatorial status (compiled June, 2007):

 Conus species:

  1. ammiralis V

  2. aulicus V

  3. aurisiacus V

  4. betulinus V

  5. bullatus V

  6. capitaneus V

  7. clavus ND

  8. ebraeus V

  9. figulinus V

  10. genuanus V

  11. geographus V

  12. glaucus V

  13. granulatus V

  14. imperialis V

  15. litteratus V

  16. magus V

  17. marmoreus V

  18. mercator V

  19. miles V

  20. minimus ND

  21. monachus V

  22. nobilis V

  23. nussatella V

  24. occidentalis S ammiralis

  25. ordinarius S ammiralis

  26. princeps V

  27. rusticus ND

  28. senator ND

  29. spectrum V

  30. spinosus V* [Volutidae: Volutospira TS]

  31. stercusmuscarum V

  32. striatus V

  33. summus S ammiralis

  34. terebellum V* [Strombidae: Terebellum TS]

  35. textile V

  36. tulipa V

  37. varius V

  38. virgo V

 * not treated by Dodge (1953). V = valid (31; one volutid); synonym (3); ND = nomen dubium (4; all officially suppressed; see ICZN, 1965, 1987); TS = type species.

Cypraea species:

  1. amethystea ND

  2. annulus V

  3. arabica V

  4. argus V

  5. asellus V

  6. caputserpentis V

  7. carneola V

  8. caurica V

  9. cicercula V

  10. cribraria V

  11. erosa V

  12. errones V

  13. flaveola ND

  14. fragilis S arabica

  15. globulus V

  16. helvola V

  17. hirundo V

  18. isabella V

  19. lota ND

  20. lurida V

  21. lynx V

  22. mappa V

  23. mauritiana V

  24. moneta V

  25. mus V

  26. nucleus V

  27. ocellata V

  28. onyx V

  29. pediculus V [Triviidae: Pusula]

  30. poraria V

  31. spurca V

  32. staphylaea V

  33. stercoraria V

  34. stolida V

  35. succincta V

  36. talpa V

  37. testudinaria V

  38. tigris V

  39. vanelli S lynx

  40. vitellus V

  41. zebra V

  42. ziczac V

 V = valid (37); S = synonym (2); ND = nomen dubium (3).

Dodge, H., 1953. A historical review of the mollusks of Linnaeus. Part 2. The class Cephalopoda and the genera Conus and Cypraea of the class Gastropoda.. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 103(1): 1-134. [Dodge’s works on the world-wide web at <http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace>.]

ICZN, 1965. Opinion 753. Bull. Int. Comm. Zool. Nom. 22: 226-227. Nov. 2.

ICZN, 1987. Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London. 1-366.

Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae... Tomus I editio decima, reformata. Vol 1. [Regnum animale]. Stockholm. iv + pp. 1-823 + i. [Reprinted in facsimile by the British Museum of Natural History, London,1956 (+ v); also available on the world-wide web at <http://www.animalbase.unigoettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/search/references>].

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