Galapagos Species Database

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

Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

cono tiara, Tiara cone

Length: 30 mm; diameter: 18 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), low littoral, generally found in tide pools.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Conidae

Genus
Conus

Species
tiaratus

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 87111, 87122, 87145, 101363, 110457, 120640, 163922, 164468, 164533, 164561, 164597, 165163, 165200, 165263, 165315, 165368, 165613, 170391, 201541, ANSP: 152509, 153188, 153488, 153609, 170330, 287048, 324448, 334899, 334900, USNM: 102281, 678889, 806646, 812798, 812832, LACM: several specimens, BMNH: 1991137 (Lectotype and Paralectotypes, type locality: Galapagos), acc. n° 2271: 2 specimens (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), MHNG: 964-144, CDRS: 210, 211, 754, 871, 1054, 1119, 1308, 1559, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

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

Distribution: South of Mexico to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands

References

  • 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.
  • Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • Sowerby, G.B., Jr. (II) (1832-41) The Conchological Illustrations, ptls. 1-200, pls. 1-200, (including the text of the "Catalogues of genera", which is seperately paged. London.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Conus tiaratus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8108. Accessed 5 June 2026.