Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Conasprella ximenes
Cono punteado, Fine spot cone
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
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).
- 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.