Conus cabraloi Cossignani, 2014 Pictures

Taxonomy: Subspecies of Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Virgiconus Species:-coelinae spiceri subsp.
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Midway; Hawaii
Habitat:-Intertidal to about 55 m. C. c. coelinae on sand bottoms to about 35 m.
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Moderately large to large, solid to heavy. Last whorl conical; outline straight, except convex below shoulder. Shoulder angulate to sharply angulate. Spire usually low, outline slightly sigmoid. Teleoconch sutural ramps flat to sigmoid, with numerous often faint spiral striae in later whorls. Entire last whorl with rather closely spaced spiral threads, usually more prominent basally.
Colour white, variably suffused with yellow. Last whorl ocasionally with a paler spiral band at centre. Base violet or occasionally white in C. c. coelinae , lemon yellow in C. c. spiceri. Larval whorls white. Aperture white.
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791
Pictures:.
Picture Link: Holotype in NATURALIS, LEIDEN Bill Fenzan
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio

Published in: Syst. Nat. 13th ed. Vol. 1, pt, p. 3388
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: None
Type Data: Holotype in NATURALIS, LEIDEN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 27 x 16 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Leporiconus Species:-coffeae
Synonyms:- caffer Roding, 1798; scabriusculus Dillwyn, 1817; fabula Sowerby ii, 1833
Geographic Range:-W. and Central Pacific, except for Hawaii and Marquesas; W. Thailand and Java.
Habitat:-In 2 to about 30 m. In Fiji, in and under corals as well as on sand. In New Caledonia, mostly on dead coral on reef flats in 2-15 m
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Moderately small to medium sized, moderately light to moderately solid. Last whorl ventricosely conical to broadly and ventricosely conical; occasionally ovate; outline convex at adapical third, almost straight below; left side slightly concave near base. Shoulder subangulate to rounded, sometimes nearly indistinct. Spire of moderate height, outline almost straight to slightly convex. Maximum diameter of larval shell about 0.65 mm. First 5 postnuclear whorls tuberculate. Teleoconch sutural ramps slightly convex, with 0-1 increasing to 3-4 spiral grooves, gradually finer and inconspicuous in later whorls. Last whorl with fine closely spaced, mostly granulose spiral ribs from base to shoulder.
Ground colour white, often suffused with pale violet. Last whorl with 2 solid or interrupted brown spiral bands, intermittently connected by axial markings. Occasionally entire last whorl overlaid with brown except for a spiral row of white areas at centre or below shoulder. Base violet. Larval shell and about first 4 postnuclear sutural ramps pink. Following sutural ramps matsching last whorl in colour pattern. Aperture violet with a pale band at centre, bluish white in larger specimens.
Shell Morphometry
L 28-51 mm
RW 0.13-0.30 g/mm
(L 33-45 mm)
RD 0.62-0.72
PMD 0.71-0.85
RSH 0.13-0.22
Discussion:-C. coffeae resembles C. glans and C. tenuistriatus. C. glans can be distinguished by its usually narrower and cylindrical last whorl (RD 0.52-0.65), generally less distinct shoulder and more prominent spiral sculpture on the teleoconch sutural ramps; its colour pattern is dominated by bluish brown rather than pure brown. C. tenuistriatus also differs in a narrower last whorl (RD 0.47-0.62) and less distinct shoulder; its aperture lacks the pale central band often present in C. coffeae.
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Conus coletteae Petuch, 2013
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype FMNH D. Sargent
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Published in: Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks; p. 220, p. 136 fig. 9.6, f & g
Ocean geography: Western Atlantic
Type Locality: off St. James, Barbados
Type Data: Holotype in FMNH deposited and catalogued
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species; some believe it is a synonym of C. mcgintyi, Pilsbry, 1955
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:- CONILITHINAE
Genus:-Dalliconus Species:-coletteae
Synonyms:-
Geographic Range:-Barbados
Habitat:-Dredged from 300 m
Description: Shell narrow, slender, with slightly convex sides; shoulder sharply-angled, ornamented with 20-24 small rounded beadlike knobs per whorl; subsutural area sharply sloping; spire highly elevated, protracted, scalariform, approximately one-third length of entire shell; body whorl ornamented with 30-32 deeply-incised thin spiral sulci, producing grooved, rough-textured appearance; body whorl color pale cream-white to white, overlaid with 4 bands of light brown rectangularspots and scattered large longitudinal amorphous flammules; in some specimens, rectangular spot pattern dominates while in others (like the holotype) longitudinal flammules dominate; spire whorls 12-14 evenly spaced small crescent-shaped flammules per whorl; protoconch white, proportionally large and bulbous, composed of two and one-half whorls; aperture uniformly narrow, straight, white within anterior.
Discussion:-
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Conus collisus Reeve, 1849
Pictures:
Picture Link: Representation of Lectotype Reeve (1849, Conus suppl. Pl. 8, sp. 273)
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Published in: Conch. Icon. i. Conus, Suppl. pl. viii, sp. 273
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Phuket, Thailand
Type Data: A representative type figure has been recorded as: Reeve (1849: Conus suppl. Pl. 8, sp. 273)
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Asprella Species:-collisus
Synonyms:- stigmaticus A. Adams, 1854; straturatus Sowerby ii, 1865; albospira Smith, 1880;
Geographic Range:-S India - Solomons; South China Sea
Habitat:-Deep or shallow
Description:-Philippines; S. India to Solomons
Moderately light in weight, with a good gloss;low conical, the sides slightly convex;body whorl with widely spaced spiral grooves basally,marking wide flat ribs extending past midbody; shoulder roundly angled, not distinct from spire; spire moderate, sharply pointed, the sides deeply concave; whorls convex above; body whorl white to bluish white, sometimes tan, covered with axial series of pale brown to blackish spots heavier in bands at shoulder and midbody;usually spots fuse in smeared axial flammules or broken bands; very blotchy; base white tan; spire and shoulder colored like body blotches radiating; aperture moderately narrow, widening anteriorly; outer lip thin, sharp, straight/convex; mouth dark violet, pale violet,white often with small brown spot; columella long, narrow, indented;
C. collisus shoulder more or less angulate; mouth pale to deep violet; spots tend to fuse to axial blotches and sometimes flammules,usually yellowish brown; In Solomons blotches are covered with tan which may cover shell;
C. andamanensis ( the real one!) much paler, the spots yellowish brown; usually three bands of spirally scattered smeared spots or blotches and scattered small spots; mouth is white with violet within; 26 mm – 31 mm.
Discussion:-The shells that were offered as Conus collisus and labelled as such are in fact Conus stigmaticus M. Filmer Visaya 2012
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Conus colmani Röckel & Korn, 1990
Pictures:

Picture Link: Paul kersten

Published in: Acta Conchyliorum Nr. 2, p. 16, pl. 8, f. 1-4, pl. 9, f. 1-7, pl.
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: SE of Swain Reefs. Great Barrier Reef. Queensland. Australia
Type Data: Holotype in AMS deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 42 x 23.6 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Asprella Species:-colmani
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Swain Reefs, Queensland
Habitat:-In 170-250 m, on grey mud and sand
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Medium-sized, moderately solid. Last whorl conical or ventricosely conical to broadly conical or broadly and ventricosely conical, outline variably convex adapically and straight below; left side constricted just above base. In subadult specimens, last whorl may be slightly pyriform, outline slightly sigmoid. Shoulder angulate. Spire of low to moderate height, outline concave to nearly straight. Larval shell of about 2 whorls, maximum diameter 1.05-1.15 mm. First 3-6 postnuclear whorls tuberculate; specimens of about 45 mm with 8.5 teleoconch whorls. Teleoconch sutural ramps flat, with 1 increasing to 5-8 spiral grooves. Last whorl often with spiral ribs at base and a few weak spiral ribbons above; sometimes ribbons prominent, spirally striate and extending to shoulder; last whorl may also have groups of sometimes finely granulose elevations, each consisting of 2-3 fine spiral ribs anteriorly and 1 ribbon or 2 coarse ribs posteriorly.
Ground colour white. Last whorl with 3 axially connected spiral rows of yellowish-brown to orange axial streaks and flames, below shoulder and on each side of centre; adapical markings partially extending to spire. Larval whorls white. Postnuclear sutural ramps with radial lines and streaks matching last whorl pattern in colour. Aperture white.
Shell Morphometry
L 35-52 mm
RW 0.20-0.35 g/mm
RD 0.62-0.73
PMD 0.81-0.90
RSH 0.07-0.19
Discussion:-
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Conus colombi Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MNHN Eric Monnier

Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Published in: Visaya 5(3)
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: La Vauclin Bay, East coast of Martinique Island, (in shallow water).
Type Data: Holotype in MNHN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 19.3 x 10.7 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Dauciconus Species:-colombi
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Martinique on Atlantic coast
Habitat:-found in shallow water from 0.5 to 3 meters in sand, sea grass beds and rocks.
Description:-Source Original Description
Small shell. The spire is slightly concave. The surface is smooth and glossy. The posterior three quarters of the last whorl are smooth. The anterior end has four to six deep incised striae of square section.
The ground color of the shell varies from white to brown with a purplish hue. One or a few white spots are often seen at midbody. This background is overlaid by 25 to 30 narrow spiral lines of brown dots. The spire is white with brown blotches of the same brown color than the spiral lines. The interior of the aperture is purplish beige to white.
Discussion:-

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Conus colombianus Petuch, 1987
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in USNM Mike Filmer

Published in: New Carib. Moll. Faunas, p. 114, pl. 17, f. 11 & 12
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: Off Islas del Rosario, Colombia; 35 m
Type Data: Holotype in USNM deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 22 x 13 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus magellanicus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Purpuriconus Species:-magellanicus colombianus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Colombia
Habitat:-Found around 35 m
Description:-Source Original description
Shell small for genus, stocky, broad across shoulder; spire low, flattened; shoulder sharp-angled; body whorl smooth, with 10 small spiral cords around anterior end; spire with 4 spiral threads; shell pale yellow with 4 closely- spaced brown lines around body whorl just below {anterior of) mid- body; brown flammules and white blotches run through 4 lines and extend over anterior tip; body whorl above (posterior of) mid- body line without markings or pattern; spire marked with large, evenly-spaced orange-tan flammules; spire flammules extend onto sharp edge of shoulder, giving shoulder checkered appearance; interior of aperture white.
Discussion:-Filmer has as synonym of C. magellicanus but Western Atlantic DB has as synonym of C. amphiurgus.
Although dead- collected and quite faded, enough characteristics remain to show that Conus colombianus is quite different from any other known Caribbean cone shell. In shape, and in having a smooth, sharp-angled shoulder, it somewhat resembles C. mayaguensis Usticke from Puerto Rico {endemic to that island), but differs in having a two-toned color pattern, with an unpatterned posterior half and a flammuled and lined anterior half. Conus colombianus appears to belong to the C. magellanicus Hwass species complex and is the only species of the group to have such a two-toned color pattern. A fresh specimen would probably be orange with darker orange- brown markings. This new species may be endemic to the coral reef areas around the archipelago of the Islas del Rosario.
Tucker suggests a grouping with C. havanensis.
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Conus colorovariegatus Kosuge, 1981
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in IMT Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Published in: Bull. Inst. Malacol. Tokyo. I, no. 6, p. 94, pl. 32, f. 1-5
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Bohol Is., Philippines
Type Data: Holotype in IMT deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 63.3 x 27.4 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym colour form of Conus neptunus Reeve, 1843
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Asprella Species:-neptunus colorovariegatus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Philippines
Habitat:-Found at depths of 120-240 m
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. neptunus
In form colorovariegatus, network pattern replaced by confluent brown blotches sometimes colouring last whorl solid brown.
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus coltrorum Petuch & Myers, 2014
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MZSP Petuch & Myers
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Xenophora Taxonomy 3 p. 28 – 29 with pic., Figure 1 A & B
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: off Vitoria, Espiritu Santo State, Brazil
Type Data: Holotype in MZSPdeposited and catalogued
Type Size: 73 x 32 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Conasprelloides Species:-coltrorum
Synonyms:-
Geographic Range:-Brazil
Habitat:-60 m depth
Description:-Original description
Shell large for genus, elongated, slender, with slightly concave sides; shoulder sharply angled but slightly rounded along edge; spire protracted, subpyramidal, elevated, slightly scalariform, with distinctly stepped whorls; spire whorls ornamented with three large spiral cords, with central cord being larger and better developed than cords on either side; body whorl heavily ornamented with 32-36 large, closely-packed spiral cords, with cords becoming stronger and better developed toward anterior end; numerous faint, wrinkle-like longitudinal folds present on body whorl, producing slightly corrugated appearance; aperture uniformly narrow; earliest whorls ornamented with small beads around periphery; body whorl and most of spire pure white in color; interior of aperture pure white; protoconch and early whorls pale tannish-yellow in color; protoconch proportionally large, rounded, composed of two whorls; periostracum thick, adherent, rough-textured, dark brown-black in color.

Discussion:- The species has always been misidentified as “Conus atractus Tomlin, 1937” or “Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792”
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Conus colubrinus Lamarck, 1810
Pictures:
Picture Link: Lectotype in MNHN Mike Filmer

Published in: Ann. du Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) xv, p. 433
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Mers des Grandes Indes
Type Data: Lectotype in MNHN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 53 x 24 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus pennaceus Born, 1778
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE
Genus:-Darioconus Species:-pennaceus colubrinus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Mozambique
Habitat:-From the infralittoral fringe to about 50 m; most frequently on subtidal coral reef flats in 0.5-5 m of water, in coral rubble, sand and muddy sand, often under rocks and amongst or under living corals.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. pennaceus
Form colubrinus: A narrow form of light orange yellow with white tents
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus columba Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Pictures:

Picture Link: Lectotype Mike Filmer

Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Enc. Méth. 1, p. 709, no. 101, (1798, Tab. Enc. pl. 334, fig 3)

Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean

Type Locality: Corrected (Vink) Fort de France, Martinique, (Windward Islands)

Type Data: Type figure designated, (Clench) figure in Gualtieri, 1742, pl. 25, fig. G, (fig. 29 x 19 mm)

Type Size: 29 x 19 mm

Nomenclature: An available name

Taxonomy: A form of Conus puncticulatus

Current Group Names:-

Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE

Genus:-Leptoconus Species:-puncticulatus f. columba

Synonyms:-

Geographic Range:-West Indies

Habitat:-

Description: C. puncticulatus columba differs from typical C. puncticulatus in being often proportionally wider at the shoulder and having more pronounced widely spaced grooves anteriorly. Most specimens are completely white, pinkish white or white with very small faint dots of brown. Juvenile specimens may have brown axial flames, and occasionally large specimens with dark markings like typical C. puncticulatus are found in populations of otherwise perfectly white specimens. Also pustulose forms exist, sometimes only a few cords near the middle of the body whorl are pustulose.
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus comatosa Pilsbry, 1904
Pictures:

Picture Link: Lectotype of Conus dormitor in ANSP Mike Filmer

Picture Link: Paul Kersten

Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio

Published in: Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 56, 550
Ocean geography:Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Kikai, Osuma, S Japan.(C. dormitor Pilsbry fossil form)
Type Data: Lectotype in ANSP deposited and catalogued (C.dormitor)
Type Size: 44 x 16 mm
Nomenclature: an available name, a new replacement name (nomen novum) for C. dormitor Pilsbry, 1904 (fossil)
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONILITHIDAE SubFamily:-CONILITHINAE
Genus:-Bathyconus Species:-comatosa
Synonyms:- dormitor Pilsbry, 1904; schepmani Fulton, 1936
Geographic Range:-Japan, Philippines, N. W. Australia, Solomon Is., and New Caledonia; recently reported from Vietnam.
Habitat:-In 80-400 m, in sand and coral rubble
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Moderately small to medium-sized and light to moderately solid. Last whorl narrowly conical or conical to usually slightly pyriform; outline straight to slightly convex adapically, straight to slightly concave below. Shoulder sharply angulate to carinate, sometimes also tuberculate, with a rather deep exhalent notch. Spire of moderate height to high, variably stepped; outline concave. Larval shell of about 3.5 whorls, maximum diameter about 1.1 mm; type specimens of C. schepmani with 2.5-3 larval whorls. First 6-9, sometimes all postnuclear whorls tuberculate. Teleoconch sutural ramps concave, with radial threads and 1 increasing to 3-5 spiral grooves, and a few spiral striae in latest whorls. Entire last whorl with regularly spaced punctate spiral grooves separating flat ribbons; in large specimens, spiral sculpture weak on adapical fourth.
Ground colour white. Last whorl with 4 spiral rows of brown flecks, often fusing into variably continuous bands, located below shoulder, on both sides of centre and at base. Type specimens of C. schepmani with only 2 bands. Spiral rows of heavily to sparsely developed brown dots and dashes on ribbons of last whorl. Larval whorls white. Postnuclear sutural ramps with scattered to closely set brown radial markings, partially with brown dots at outer margins. Aperture translucent white, occasionally with a brown or violet blotch deep within.
Shell Morphometry
L 31-50 mm
RW 0.03-0.15 g/mm
RD 0.41-0.56
PMD 0.78-0.88
RSH 0.18-0.26
Two patterns usually strong with four spiral bands of axial brown blotches, fusing to almost create bands; other is weaker with numerous square brown spots on ribs aligned often in axial pattern and poorly defined blotches