Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839)

Cono punteado, Fine spot cone

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Conidae

Genus
Conasprella

Species
ximenes

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Conasprella (Ximeniconus) gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018), Conasprella (Ximeniconus) ximenes (Gray, 1839), Conasprella gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018), Conus interruptus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829, Conus ximenes Gray, 1839, Hermes triggi Cotton, 1945, Ximeniconus (Ximeniconus) ximenes (Gray, 1839), Ximeniconus gubernatrix Petuch & Berschauer, 2018, Ximeniconus ximenes (Gray, 1839) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (C. ximenes) Gulf of California to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands).

References

  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Conasprella ximenes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19760. Accessed 4 November 2026.