Galapagos Species Database

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

Conasprella arcuata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)

Cono arqueado, Arched cone

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Conidae

Genus
Conasprella

Species
arcuata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Conus arcuatus (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

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.
  • 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, Conasprella arcuata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20335. Accessed 1 November 2026.