Conus cabraloi Cossignani, 2014 Pictures

Type Data: Lectotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 35 x 23 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Miliariconus Species:-coronatus aristophanes forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Tahiti, Fiji and Philippines
Habitat:-Intertidal to 10m in sand.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. coronatus

Form aristophanes has a narrower, less ventricose last whorl with a straighter outline, and fewer spiral grooves on the later sutural ramps. It more often has a bluish or greyish last whorl with more pronounced pale spiral bands.

Discussion:-No Data
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Conus cossignanii Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014
Pictures:.
Picture Link: Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Malacologia 83, p. 18 -19
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Praia Real, Maio, Cape Verde
Type Data: Holotype in MMM deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 28.5 x 14.6 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: According to Tenorio a synonym of Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso, 2004
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Africonus Species:-cossignanii
Synonyms:- Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso, 2004
Geographic Range:-Cape Verde
Habitat:- the specimens studied were found to be 0.5 to 5 meters deep, over and under rock
Description:-
Shell of medium size ( 25 to 31 mm) with pear-shaped profile; moderately high spire, almost smooth, with visible sutures, slightly concave, crossed by two small grooves spirally; the coloring of the spire comprises white maculations alternating with darker greenish-brown speckles. The protoconch is small and domed.

The aperture is wide with internal blue colour becoming brownish near the lip edge. The aperture is almost aligned.

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Conus couderti Bernardi, 1860
Pictures:
Picture Link: Figure J. Conch 1860, pl. iv, f. 3 & 4
Published in: J. Conchyl. Viii, p. 212, pl. iv, f. 3 & 4.
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Not known
Type Data: Holotype was in collection Coudert and currently assumed to be lost
Type Size: 2 5x 14 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus erythraeensis Reeve, 1843
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Asprella Species:-erythraeensis couderti forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Arabian coast from Jeddah to N. Yemen
Habitat:-Shallow water, to about 15 m. Shells from the Arabian coast from Jeddah to N. Yemen in very quiet shallow lagoons, in sand and amongst eel-grass roots.
Description:-
C. couderti has two spiral irregular wide bands of brown on white/fawn with rows of darks dashes.
Discussion:-Shell from the Caribbean are usually erroneously offered as C. couderti.
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Conus coxeni Brazier, 1875
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Published in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 34, pl. iv, f. 10
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Moreton Bay, Queensland
Type Data: Holotype was in Coxen collection and currently assumed to be lost
Type Size: 32 x 15 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym of Conus cyanostoma A. Adams, 1853
Current Group Names:-
Not appropriate for the name coxeni
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Conus crassus Sowerby ii, 1858
Pictures:
Picture Link: Lectotype in NHMUK Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Thes. Conch. iii, p. 25, pl. 12 (198), f. 254-5
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Fiji. Lectotype (Walls) in BMNH
Type Data: Lectotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 44 x 28 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Lithoconus Species:-eburneus crassus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Fiji, New Britain
Habitat:-Intertidal to about 65 m, mostly in 1-25 m. C. eburneus lives primarly in and on sand bottoms of subtidal reef flats, in sand-filled channels, large patches of sand and among weed on sandy or muddy substrate.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. eburneus
C. e. crassus: Sides strongly convex below shoulder then concave; producing pyriform outline; spire higher and conical; spiral ridges developed; often has bright reddish brown or orange spots; black spots also found; Fiji to New Britain; uncommon

Discussion:-No Data
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Conus crioulus Tenorio, M. J. and Afonso, M. L., 2004
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MNCM Manolo Tenorio

Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio & Emilio Rolán

Published in: Visaya 2, p. 30
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Praia Real, North coast of Maio Island, Cape Verde Is.
Type Data: Holotype in MNCM deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 19 x 10 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Africonus Species:-crioulus
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Cape Verde Islands
Habitat:-No Data
Description:-Source Original description
The shell has a greenish-brown color with fine equally spaced spiral lines of a darker brown color, interrupted by white dashes and irregular bluish white flecks, tent-shaped in occasions.
The white flecks and dashes coalesce forming a more dense bluish white spiral band around the middle portion of the last whorl or slightly below. The shoulder and the spire are white, overlaid with greenish-brown blotches often by coalescing fine axial irregular hairlines. Some times, the spire pattern is reduced to comma- shaped flecks, or alternatively the greenish- brown fine axial hairlines may cover most of the spire. The area around the base is usua1ly of a darker brown, covered by a pattern of bluish white markings in more or less extent. The aperture is purplish, with two white bands, one in the middle portion and another one in the upper part. The edge of the inner lip shows elements of the external pattern by transparence. The inner part of the aperture is bluish, and the columella purple.
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Conus cristinapessoae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MMM Cupra Marittima
Picture Link: Paul Kersten Paratype 2
Published in: Malacologia 94, p. 27 - 2
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Varandinha, Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Type Data: Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima
Type Size: 24.5x 15 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Uncertain
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Africonus Species:-cristinapessoae
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:- Only known from the type locality
Habitat:- Retrieved between 0.5 m and 5 m deep under rocks and in the holes of the rock
Description:-Source: Original description Malacologia
Shell subtriangular, medium sized for the genus, with a range from 19 to 27 mm in height, protoconch raised and dome-shaped; low spire, with sutures slightly stepped and weakly concave ramps. The aperture is wide with yellow internally and along edge of lip with, two spirals bands of a dark reddish-brown, The shell has a yellow-tan color with many lines and bands of darker spirals the most obvious ones adapically; an infinity of sagittal lines more dark give a sense of movement; some spiral grooves starting from the distal band are found on the columellar part of the shell which is dark coloured. Siphonal canal well aligned and open. Animal not analysed.

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Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MHNG Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Ann. du Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) xv, p. 424
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Mers des Grandes Indes
Type Data: Holotype in MHNG deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 40 x 20 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE
Genus:-Darioconus Species:-crocatus
Synonyms:- thailandis da Motta, 1978; magister Doiteau, 1981
Geographic Range:-Pacific Ocean: Japan to Marshall Is., Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is., Queensland, and New Caledonia; Indian Ocean: W. Thailand, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Mascarenes
Habitat:-In 1-80 m; on coral reef, from lagoon pinnacles to the outer slope of the reef, in sand, muddy sand and coral rubble
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Medium-sized to large, moderately solid to heavy; typical form to moderately large and solid, form magister larger than other forms. Last whorl conoid-cylindrical to conical or ventricosely conical in typical form, conical in form magister, and conical or ventricosely conical to broadly conical or broadly and ventricosely conical in form thailandis; outline convex at adapical fourth to third, straight below. Shoulder rounded to subangulate, to angulate in form thailandis. Spire of low to moderate height, usually low in form magister; outline straight in typical form, concave in other forms. Larval shell of about 3 whorls, maximum diameter about 0.8 mm. First 1-2 postnuclear whorls weakly tuberculate. Teleoconch sutural ramps slightly concave to convex, with 1-2 spiral grooves in earliest whorls increasing to numerous weak spiral striae in following whorls. Last whorl with closely spaced fine spiral ribs basally.
Colour yellowish to orangish or reddish brown, with sparse to numerous white tents and flecks on last whorl and teleoconch spire; white markings evenly distributed or concentrated in spiral bands, sometimes fused into large blotches and flames. Last whorl with very fine, variably spaced, prominent to obsolete, darker brown spiral lines, sometimes articulated with very small white markings. Base dark violet-brown. Apex pinkish white to pinkish orange. Aperture white.
Shell Morphometry
L -
(-typical form 40-82 mm; -form thailandis 50-84 mm; -form magister 70-110 mm)
RW -
(-typical form 0.15-0.45 g/mm, L 40-64 mm; -form thailandis 0.44-1.12 g/mm, L 50-84 mm)
RD -
(-typical form 0.51-0.64; -form thailandis 0.56-0.72; -form magister 0.55-0.64)
PMD 0.81-0.91
RSH 0.07-0.12
Discussion:-C. lamberti is similar to C. crocatus form magister; The conchological differences between typical C. crocatus and C. thailandis do not justify separation at the species level. Subadult shells of the latter may nearly match typical C. crocatus in shape, and intermediate specimens are known from New Britain, Solomon Is., Réunion, Seychelles, Madagascar, and St. Brandon. RKK therefore consider C. thailandis to represent the local form of C. crocatus from the W. Thailand area. Specimens described as C. magister correspond closely to typical C. crocatus in the colour pattern of the animal and to form thailandis in shell characters. RKK consider C. magister to represent a large local form of C. crocatus from the Nouméa area, New Caledonia.

Conus crocatus f. magister Doiteau, 1981
Pictures:
Picture Link: Lectotype in MNHN Bill Fenzan
Published in: Rossiniana no. xiii, p. 3
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: New Caledonia; 20 m on muddy bottom.
Type Data: Lectotype in MNHN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 97 x 51 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE
Genus:-Darioconus Species:-crocatus magister forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Noumea, New Caledonia
Habitat:-Reported from from about 20 m.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. crocatus
Shell Morphometry
L -
(-form magister 70-110 mm)
RW –

RD -
(-form magister 0.55-0.64)

Discussion:-RKK consider C. magister to represent a large local form of C. crocatus from the Noumea area, New Caledonia.

Conus crocatus thailandis da Motta, 1978
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MHNG Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio

Published in: Natural Study (Thai). 2, no. 1, seq. 7, p. 7, figs.
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Off Raya Is., Phuket, Thailand; 80-120 ft
Type Data: Holotype in MHNG deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 68 x 41 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Subspecies of Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE
Genus:-Darioconus Species:-crocatus thailandis subsp.
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Andaman Sea; Thailand; Vietnam
Habitat:-Reported from 20-40 m.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. crocatus
Shell Morphometry
L -
(-form thailandis 50-84 mm)
RW -
(-form thailandis 0.44-1.12 g/mm, L 50-84 mm)
RD -
(-form thailandis 0.56-0.72)
Discussion:-The conchological differences between typical C. crocatus and C. thailandis do not justify separation at the species level. Subadult shells of the latter may nearly match typical C. crocatus in shape, and intermediate specimens are known from New Britain, Solomon Is., Réunion, Seychelles, Madagascar, and St. Brandon. RKK therefore consider C. thailandis to represent the local form of C. crocatus from the W. Thailand area.
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Conus crosseanus Bernardi, 1861
Pictures:
Picture Link: Lectotype in NHMUK Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Picture Link: Paul Kersten “lineata”

Published in: J. Conchyl. 9, p. 168, pl. 6, f. 5 & 6
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: New Caledonia
Type Data: Lectotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 66.8 x 39.4 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE
Genus:-Conus Species:-marmoreus crosseanus forma
Synonyms:- lineata Crosse, 1878
Geographic Range:-New Caledonia
Habitat:-In 1-15 m. On coral reef platforms and lagoon pinnacles, on coral debris and in sand often under rocks or among weed.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. marmoreu
Shell Morphometry
(form crosseanus 0.60 - 0.67)
PMD 0.85-0.94
RSH 0.05-0.15
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus crotchii Reeve, 1849
Pictures:
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Radula picture: Manuel Tenorio & Emilio Rolán

Published in: Conch. Icon. I, Conus, Suppl. pl. vi, sp. 254
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Saldanha Bay (erroneus). Santa Monica, Boavista, Cape Verde Islands
Type Data: Holotype was in collection Cuming and currently assumed to be lost
Type Size: 29 x 17 mm figure
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Africonus Species:-crotchii
Synonyms:- poppei Elsen, 1983
Geographic Range:-Boavista, Cape Verde Islands
Habitat:-Found under or among rocks, on a rocky bottom
Description:-Source Röckel & Rolán, 2000
This species has a relatively large shell (adult specimens reaching about 40 mm in total length). The shell is heavy, with slightly convex sides and a short spire, each whorl presenting a rounded convex profile. It has a greenish ground colour, occasionally very light green or even yellowish, sometimes almost black, constantly marked with fine spiral dark brown lines, particularly strong at about mid-body; it usually presents several small or large white blotches, especially interrupting the central accumulation of brown lines. The body whorl is covered with extremely fine axial growth striae that continue on the spire whorls. The suture is well marked and the spire is greenish, occasionally marked with white blotches and presenting very weak spiral grooves.The aperture is bluish, with a very dark narrow zone near the lip, which is thick and straight.
The specimens taken in Gatas Bay were generally larger and darker, presenting less and larger white blotches on the shell.
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Conus culebranus Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2016
Pictures:

Picture Link: Holotype in LACM

Published in: The Festivus, Vol. 48; p. 174 – 175; fig. 1: C & D

Ocean geography: Western Atlantic

Type Locality: offshore of the municipal landfill, Culebra Island, northern Caribbean Sea

Type Data: Holotype in LACM deposited and catalogued

Type Size: 17.7 mm

Nomenclature: An available name

Taxonomy: A valid species

Current Group Names:-

Family:-CONILITHIDAE SubFamily: -CONILITHINAE

Genus:-Jaspidiconus Species:-culebranus

Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms

Geographic Range:- At present, known only from Culebra Island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. The species is apparently endemic to Culebra

Habitat:- at 4 m depth, within pockets of clean sand among Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) beds

Description:-Source Original description

Shell of average size for genus, elongately fusiform, biconic, with slightly rounded sides; shoulder sharply-angled, subcarinated; spire high and protracted, slightly stepped, pyramidal; body whorl smooth and shiny, ornamented with 12-15 evenly-spaced incised spiral sulci, which become stronger and more closely-packed toward anterior end; entire shell uniform pale cream-white or whitishorange, becoming darker on spire whorls; aperture proportionally wide, pale yellow-cream within interior; protoconch proportionally large, rounded, composed of 2 ½ whorls, pale cream orange in color; periostracum thin, smooth, transparent yellow.

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Conus cumingii Reeve, 1848
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in NHMUK Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Conch. Icon, I, Conus, Suppl. pl. iii, sp. 282
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Mindanao, Philippines
Type Data: Holotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 34.3 x 17.2 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Rhizoconus Species:-cumingii
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-N. Indian Ocean (India, Sri Lanka. W. Thailand. Indonesia) and W. Pacific (S. Philippines to Solomon Is.)
Habitat:-In 2-50 m, in dark silty sand
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Moderately small to medium-sized, moderately light to moderately solid. Last whorl ventricosely conical to conical; outline variably convex. Shoulder subangulate. Spire of moderate height: outline straight to slightly concave. Larval shell of about 3.25 whorls, maximum diameter 0.8-0.9 mm. First 2-4 teleoconch whorls tuberculate. Teleoconch sutural ramps flat. with 1 increasing to 6-9 spiral grooves. Last whorl with often granulose spiral ribs near base.
Ground colour white. Last whorl overlaid with broad olive. orange or dark brown spiral bands, leaving only a white central band and a spiral row of white blotches at the shoulder; central band edged by dark brown dotted and dashed spiral lines. Last whorl variably encircled with darker spiral lines or spiral rows of dots and dashes. Larval shell pink. Postnuclear sutural ramps with brown radial streaks and blotches. Aperture bluish white to light violet.
Shell Morphometry
L 30-40 mm
RW 0.13-0.19 g/mm
(L 30-37 mm)
RD 0.60-0.70
PMD 0.79-0.89
RSH 0.10-0.17
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Conus cuna Petuch, 1998
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in FMNH Mike Filmer

Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Published in: La Conchiglia xxx, no. 287, p. 30, figs. 9 &.10
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: Moro Tupo Is., San Blas Is., Panama; 3m
Type Data: Holotype in FMNH deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 20 x 10 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Gladioconus Species:-cuna
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Panama (E)