Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Conus orion
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Conoidea
Family
Conidae
Genus
Conus
Species
orion
Taxon category: Accepted
fide Appeltans, W. et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Pitt, W.D. James, M.J., Hickman, C.S., Lipps, J.H. & Pitt, L.J. (1986) Late Cenozoïc marine mollusks from tuff cones in the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(12): 269-282.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Conus orion", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17206. Accessed 1 November 2026.