Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Conasprella kohni
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Conoidea
Family
Conidae
Genus
Conasprella
Species
kohni
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Conasprella (Kohniconus) kohni (J. H. McLean & Nybakken, 1979), Conus kohni J. H. McLean & Nybakken, 1979, ohniconus kohni (J. H. McLean & Nybakken, 1979)(Horton et al., 2021). ; (C. kohni) AMNH: 200467, USNM: 758900 (Paratype), LACM: 1885 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 66-210, 72-200, AHF 201-34, AHF 324-35, AHF 788-38, CAS: 59690 (= 24784) (Paratype), 46379 (= 32500).
Origin: Endemic
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- 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.
- Kay, E.A. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos. Determinants of insular marine Faunas. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 235-252.
- McLean, J.H. Nybakken, J. (1979) Growth stages of Conus fergusoni, the reinstatement of Conus xanthicus, and Conus kohni, new species from Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The Veliger 22: 135-144.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Conasprella kohni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20058. Accessed 31 October 2026.