Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 163940, LACM: 66-211, AHF 147-34, AHF 170-34, AHF 195-34, AHF 324-35, AHF 325-35, AHF 346-35, AHF 788-38, AHF 792-38, CAS: 32498, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993, Syn.: Conus chrysocestus Berry, 1968 (synonym of Conus xanthicus)

Origin: Native

Distribution: South of Gulf of Baja California to Colombia and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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