Based on the type material and the original descriptions, on the Conus collection of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam and other museums and private collections, the (sub)specific names in the recent Conidae are revised. Illustrations and distribution maps are supplied. In the sixth part the following Conus names are discussed: cabritii Bern. — junior synonym of C. exiguus Lam.: holotype probably interchanged. caelatus Adams — junior synonym of C. marchionatus Hinds; lectotype designated. caerulans Küst. — junior synonym of C. ermineus Born; the supposed holotype is a specimen of C. aemulus Rve. caerulescens Lam. — junior homonym of C. coerulescens Schroter; junior synonym of C. cinereus Hwass. caerulescens B.D.D. — junior homonym; junior synonym of C. mediterraneus Hwass. caesius (Rod.) — junior synonym of C. magus L. caffer (Rod.) — objective junior synonym of C. coffeae Gmel.; nomen dubium. caffer Kr. — junior secondary homonym; junior synonym of C. guineensis Gmel. caillaudii Kien. — valid species — Mascarenes; Cargados Is. designated type locality. cailliaudii Jay — junior synonym of C. mediterraneus forma ater Phil. caledonicus Hwass — colour form of C. cedonulli L. — type locality corrected to St. Vincent. californicus Rve — valid species — Central California to Cape San Lucas, Mexico. calliginosus Shikama — colour form of C. kinoshitai Kur. camelinus (Rod.) — nomen nudum. canaliculatus (Rod.) — nomen nudum. canaliculatus Dillw. — junior homonym; objective junior synonym of C. malacanus Hw. cancellatus Hwass — valid species; type specimen interchanged? — southern Japan to the Philippines. candidus Born — rejected and invalid specific name. candidus (Rod.) — nomen nudum candidus Kien. — junior homonym; nomen dubium. canonicus Hwass — valid species — Indian Ocean and W. Pacific; type locality restricted to the Maldives. canonicus (Rod.) — junior secondary homonym; junior secondary synonym of C. vexillum Gmel. capitanellus Fult. — valid species — S. Japan to Philippines. capitaneus L. — valid species — Indo-Pacific from E. Africa to Hawaii; type locality restricted to Larantuka, Flores, Indonesia. capitaneus Renier — rejected and invalid name. capitatus (Rod.) — nomen nudum. capricorni M., T. & K. — taxonomie status undefinable, but not the high spired form of C. austini R. & A. — Brazil. caracanus Hwass — subspecies or form of C. cedonulli L. — S. Caribbean. caracteristicus Fisch. — valid species — Bay of Bengal to S. Japan; Java Sea designated type locality. carcellesi Mart. — subspecies of C. clerii Rve — Uruguay and Argentina. cardinalis Hwass — valid species — Greater Antilles cardinalis (Röd.) — junior secondary homonym; objective junior synonym of C. daucus Hwass. caribaensis Ust. — junior synonym of C. centurio Born. caribbaeus Clench — colour form of C. flavescens Sow. — Florida, Bahamas. carinata B.D.D. — junior homonym; junior synonym of C. mediterraneus Hwass — lectotype designated. carinatus Sw. — form or subspecies of C. magus L. — type locality restricted to the Philippines. carmeli T.-Woods — junior synonym of C. anemone fa. compressus Sow. — S. Australia. carnalis Sow. — valid species — Angola; Santa Maria Bay designated type locality. carota (Röd.) — junior synonym of C. spectrum L.; lectotype designated. carpenteri Cr. — colour form of C. litoglyphus Hwass. castanea Coen — nomen nudum. castaneofasciatus Dtz. — colour form of C. amadis Gmel.; lectotype designated. castaneus Kien. — junior synonym of C. cingulatus Lam. castrensis Gould — junior synonym of C. thalassiarchus Sow. castus Rve — junior synonym of C. daucus Hwass. catenatus Sow. — junior homonym (renamed C. desmotus Toml., a subspecies of C. cedonulli L. — Caribbean coast of Colombia, and Venezuela). catus Hwass — valid species — Indo-Pacific from E. Africa to Hawaii. cavailloni Fen. — probably a malformed shell of C. keatii Sow.; type locality doubtful. cebuganus M. &. M. — provisionally considered a junior synonym of C. australis Holt. cecilei Kien. — colour form of C. furvus Rve. — Philippines. ceciliae Cr. — form of C. capitaneus L. cedonulli L. — valid species — S. Caribbean from Colombia to St. Lucia. centurio Born — valid species — Jamaica to S. Brazil. cepasi Tr. — provisionally considered a valid species — South Angola. cereolus (Röd.) — junior synonym of C. monile Hwass. cerinus Rve — form of C. boeticus Rve. cernicus Ad. — junior synonym or form of C. balteatus Sow. cernohorskyi Da Motta — a form of C. magus L. or C. decurtatus Dtz. cervus Lam. — valid species — Moluccas and southern Philippines; Moluccas designated type locality. cervus “Sow.” — a misidentification. ceylanensis Hw. — subspecies of C. musicus Hw.; neotype designated — Ceylon, S. India and Andaman Sea. ceylonicus Sow. — junior synonym of C. zeylanicus Gmel. chaldaeus (Rod.) — valid species — tropical Indo-Pacific from E. Africa to Central America; Moluccas designated type locality. characteristicus Dillw. — objective junior synonym of C. caracteristicus Fisch. chemnitzii Dillw. — junior synonym of C. rattus Hw. chenui Cr. — colour form of C. planorbis Born. — New Caledonia — the correct date is 1858. chersoideus Nardo — junior synonym of C. mediterraneus Hw. chiangi (Azuma) — valid species — S. Japan to South China Sea. chinensis (Rod.) — nomen dubium. chinoi Shik. — junior synonym of C. distans Hw. cholmondeleyi Melv. — colour form of C. textile pyramidalis Lam. — Zanzibar. chrysalis (Rod.) — nomen nudum. chrysocestus Berry — junior synonym of C. xanthicus Dall. chusaki Da Motta — junior synonym of C. floridus Sow. chytreus Melv. — provisionally considered a valid species — Angola; Lucira Bay designated type locality. cibieli Kien. — provisionally considered a valid species. cidaris Kien. — junior synonym of C. magellanicus Hw. cinamomeus (Röd.) — junior synonym of C. litoglyphus Hw. cinctus Bosc — nomen dubium. cinctus Link — junior homonym; nomen dubium. cinctus Sw. — junior homonym; renamed C. circumactus Iredale. cinctus Val. — junior homonym; nomen dubium. cinerarius (Röd.) — colour form of C. monachus L. cinereus Hwass — valid species — central Indo-Pacific; type locality restricted to the Moluccas. cinereus (Rod.) — lectotype designated; junior secondary homonym and a junior synonym of C. cinereus Hwass. cinereus Schr. — junior homonym; nomen dubium.