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Conus capitaneus

captain cone

IUCN: least concernmarine

Linnaeus, 1758Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 215525 ↗

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Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1898

First collected

1994

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

9 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1890s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1898 by Flood, Milton J.; Thaanum (Australia; Queensland; North Queensland; Barrier Reef).

From the collection

Conus capitaneus, 239040Conus capitaneus, 239041Conus capitaneus, 239045Conus capitaneus, 67790Conus capitaneus, 202535Conus capitaneus, 203839Conus capitaneus, 251962Conus capitaneus, 253442Conus capitaneus, 239030Conus capitaneus, 239032Conus capitaneus, 239033Conus capitaneus, 239035