Conus cabraloi Cossignani, 2014
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MMM Cupra Marittima
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Malacologia 82, p. 23 - 24
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality:Praia Cabral, Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Type Data: Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima
Type Size: 12,8 x 7,2 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-AfriconusSpecies:-cabraloi
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:- Only known from the type locality
Habitat:-The specimens studied were found at 0.1 to 0,5 meters deep, among rocks
Description:-Source: Original description Malacologia
Shell pyriform small ( 9 to 15 mm ) with spire moderately high, slightly concave dome-shaped protoconch; sutures barely noticeable, rounded shoulder. On last whorl, spiral grooves around characterize predominantly the anterior part while more than 25 spiral brown lines mark the shell that has dark greenish-brown background. A lighter spiral band runs medially around whorl, divided into two parts by a dark reddish line; staining tends to brown-red-green in siphonal area. The aperture is moderately wide with internal coloring purplish-brown, lighter in the adapical area; the lip joins in harmony with the shoulder without creating a significant step.
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Conus cabritii Bernardi, 1858
Pictures:
Picture Link: Probable holotype Image MNHN
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: J. Conchyl. 7, p. 377, pl. xiii, f. 2
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: New Caledonia
Type Data: Holotype in unknown collection and currently assumed to be lost
Type Size: 29 x 15 mm figure
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-FulgiconusSpecies:-exiguus cabritii forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-South of New Caledonia
Habitat:-In S. New Caledonia, C. exiguus known from coral, rubble, and coarse sand with algae in 13-53 m, often inhabiting channels of the barrier reef with strong water currents.
Description:-Source Living Conidae C. exiguus
C. e. cabritii widely distributed small 22-33mm conical to conoid.
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus cacao Ferrario, 1983
Pictures:
Picture Link: Lectotype in MNHN Mike Filmer
Picture link: Paul Kersten
Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio & Emilio Rolán
Published in: Piu' Grande Enciclopedia Tutto Mondo 1, p. 146
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Bay of Estuary of La Somone River, Senegal
Type Data: Lectotype in MNHN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 36.6 x 20.9 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species or possibly a synonym form of Conus mercator Linnaeus, 1758
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Lautoconus Species:-mercator cacao forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Senegal
Habitat:-Amongst rocks at shallow depths
Description:-Source Pin and Tack
Shell solid, turbinated, with 8-9 whorls. Spire usually eroded, not high but regularly conical, with well-marked suture. Shoulder medium wide but well rounded. Sides slightly convex. Some small cords not really marked at the base. Lip a little enveloping, almost straight. The last whorl is brown, more or less dark, or, rarely, greenish, characterised by two spiral bands formed by several white spots obliquely situated. The two bands, one on the inferior third and the other towards the shoulder, can be of either similar or different width and sometimes join each other (but never by the base) or are linked through series of less close spots. On the shoulder a series of larger white spots is sometimes present. The spire is white, the interior of the aperture purple with two whitish bands, one at the shoulder and the other at the inferior third. A narrow brown band borders the interior of the outer lip. The periostracum is light enough to let the ornamentation of the last whorl show through.
Discussion:-Variations Near Dakar Bel-Air the background colour of the last whorl is a very pale yellow and the spots are rather bluish. The spots can even disappear, in which case the last whorl is almost entirely bluish with a white band towards the inferior third (but this bluish variation has disappeared from Dakar Bel-Air, another victim of the strong pollution originating from the port near-by and its factories). At Pointe Sarene C. cacao shows a relatively wider and less rounded shoulder, and the background colour is usually lighter.
The shell of C. cacao differs from that of C. mercator by its solidity, the narrower shoulder, the sides not narrowing at the base, the low but regular, not concave and mucronated spire.
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Conus cagarralensis Cossignani, 2014
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MMM Cupra Marittima
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Malacologia 82, p. 21
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality:Pedra do Lume, Sal, Cape Verde
Type Data: Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima
Type Size: 17,1 x 10,4 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-AfriconusSpecies:-cagarralensis
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:- Only known from the type locality
Habitat:-The specimens studied were found at 0.2 to 2 meters deep, among rocks
Description:-Source: Original description Malacologia
Shell small ( 14 to 21 mm) , pear-shaped, with moderately high spire, slightly concave , usually encrusted it is difficult to assess the protoconch ; tops of the whorls are crossed by two slight grooves; the spire is mainly white; the shoulder has a pronounced angle , the profile of last whorl is somewhat convex in the adapical area and slightly concave in the anterior area. The aperture is not narrow and internal staining is brown in the adapical area and white in the siphonal area; very characteristic is the pattern around the last whorl comprising 7 alternating bands of light and dark fawn color with reticulation pattern which reveals a white mesh.
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Conus caillaudi Kiener, 1845
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MHNN Bill Fenzan
Picture Link: Chris Zand
Picture Link: Bill Fenzan
Published in: Spec. Gen. Icon.des Coq. Viv. 2, p. 285, pl. 55, f. 5
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Cargados Carajos Is.
Type Data: Holotype in MHNN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 51 x 25 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Kioconus Species:-caillaudi
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-W. Indian Ocean: Mascarene Is., Mascarene Plateau, Chagos Archipelago and Red Sea.
Habitat:-Subtidal. Specimen from Banka Saya de Malha dredged in 160 m
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Moderately small to medium-sized, usually moderately solid. Last whorl narrowly conical to conical, broadest in shells from the Red Sea; outline straight, slightly convex adapically. Shoulder angulate, to subangulate in Reunion, tuberculate to undulate. Spire of low to moderate height; outline variably concave, sometimes slightly sigmoid (Reunion).Postnuclear spire whorls tuberculate to undulate. Teleoconch sutural ramps flat, with 2 increasing to 3-4 spiral grooves; Red Sea shells with 4-6 faint spiral grooves on last 2 ramps. Last whorl with weak spiral grooves at base, occasionally followed adapically by widely spaced pairs of faint spiral ribs.
Ground colour yellowish tan to brown. Last whorl with fine, evenly spaced reddish brown spiral lines; adjacent lines often differing in width. Base and basal part of columella either white or somewhat darker than rest of last whorl.Apex cream or violet.Teleoconch sutural ramps with reddish brown axial markings.Aperture white or pale violet. Specimens from Reunion differ in having broader reddish brown spiral lines on last whorl; the abapical lines narrower but variable in width. Base and basal part of columella creamy white. Specimen from Banka Saya de Malha lacks any pattern elements. In specimens from Red Sea, last whorl with a variably broad white spiral band at centre, flanked by a broad tan band on each side; additional narrow white zone below shoulder interspersed with widely spaced brown axial dashes. Base and basal part of columella dark brown.
Shell Morphometry
L 29-52 mm
RW -0.20 g/mm
(ca. L 40-45 mm)
RD 0.47-0.62
PMD 0.84-0.94
RSH 0.08-0.16
Discussion:-This poorly known species is unmistakable within the genus because of its combination of spirally lineate colour pattern and undulate to tuberculate shoulder. Whether the specimens of Banka Saya de Malha and Red Sea belonging to this species or not, is not fully resolved, because they have broader last whorls lacking a spirally lineate pattern.
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Conus cakobaui Moolenbeek, Röckel, Bouchet, 2008
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MNHN Original Description
Picture Link: Paratypes
Published in: Vita Malacologica 6, 37
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Somo Somo Strait Vanua levu, Fiji
Type Data: Holotype in MNHN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 18.9 x 8.4 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONILITHIDAE SubFamily:-CONILITHINAE
Genus:-ProfundiconusSpecies:-cakobaui
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Fiji, Tonga
Habitat:-Found at depths of 400-700 m
Description:-Source original description
Shell small, thin and narrowly conical. Protoconch smooth, paucispiral, of 1.5 convex whorls, diameter 1025 um. Teleoconch of 7.5 whorls with rather deep suture, spire rather high, profile nearly t1at, slightly stepped adapically, shoulder angulate. First 3 teleoconch whorls with fine tubercles, gradually disappearing on subsequent whorls.Last whorl with 4 fine spiral grooves on periphery and about 15 on the base, no axial sculpture other than incremental lines. Colour: Protoconch transparent white. First teleoconch whorls creamy white with a brown spiral band on the periphery , extending over the row of tubercles or just adapically of it. On later whorls, this brown band is interrupted by white areas. Last whorl white with an irregular brown pattern. Tip of base white. Periostracum thjn light brown translucent.There is some variation in the material with regard to the colour of the last whorl. In some specimens the brown markings form a zigzag pattern, in others they tend to form axial stripes. The largest specimen (height 24.9 mm, width 10.3 mm) is more slender than the holotype. All are from deep water and all have paucispiral protoconchs indicating non- planktotrophic larval development
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Conus caledonicus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Pictures
Picture Link: Holotype in MHNG Mike Filmer
Published in: Encyc. Meth.Hist. Nat. des Vers. Vol. 1, p. 634
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles; the Pacific coasts of New Caledonia, (erroneous), corrected (C, M & W) St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles, (Windward Islands).
Type Data: Holotype in MHNG deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 55 x 31 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym colour form of Conus cedonulli Linnaeus, 1767
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Tenorioconus Species:-cedonulli caledonicus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Lesser Antilles; Windward Islands
Habitat:-No Data
Description:
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus calhetae Rolán, 1990
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MNCM Manolo Tenorio
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Iberus Sup. 2, p. 41, pl. 1, f. 7, pl. 2, f. 7, pl. 5, f.
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Calheta, Isla de Maio, Cape Verde Is.; 1 m.
Type Data: Holotype in MNCM deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 26.8 x 15 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus navarroi Rolan, 1986; described as a subspecies
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-AfriconusSpecies:-navarroi calhetae forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Maio, Cape Verde Islands
Habitat:-Collected in shallow depth (less than 1 m), among stones, where there is a little scattered sand.
Description:-Source Original description
Morphology of the seashell. The maximum dimension oscillates from 20 to 27 mm. The silhouette is not very extended and has a shoulder well formed. Spire is it somewhat raised, of straight profile, with whorls not stepped, without grooves and of brown and dark green color with white areas. The coloring of the variable seashell, presenting a ground color of azure gray in two bands situated, the first one, under the shoulder and, the second, on the lower half of the last whorl. On this ground coloring another overriding pattern is formed by a series of white areas distributed, especially, in two spiral bands, the first one, above the base and, the second, between this and the shoulder. Among them, there are irregular lines of brown color arranged in an axial sense. Variability is minimum for the pattern and modifications exist only for the quantity of spots and brown lines. Aperture with a lip of light color and, subsequently, a zone appears which becomes whiter slowly as it advances toward inside. Columella lilac or violet.Periostracum very fine, transparent and of yellow color.
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Conus calhetinensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MMM Cupra Marittima
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Malacologia 84, p. 22 - 23
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality:Baia di Calhetinha, Ilhéu do Galeão, Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Type Data: Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima
Type Size: 11,2 x 5,5 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-AfriconusSpecies:-calhetinensis
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:- Only known from the type locality
Habitat:- The specimens studied were found in 0.3 to 3 meters deep, on and under rocks
Description:-Source: Original description Malacologia
Pyriform shell of very small size, for the genus, slightly elongated, with a range from 8 to 12 mm in height, with elongated protoconch intact; with moderately high spire, slightly concave , sutures slightly stepped. The aperture is large with internally brown-tawny colouring and shows two thin lighter spiral bands, one in the adapical end and another below the middle. The aperture opening starts in line with the whorl and makes a sweeping curve that straightens below the mid point. The shell has a greenish-brown coloration with two spiral bands on body whorl, the lower is more evident characterized by small irregular white maculations; the adapical band is barely visible and is found on the shoulder. 13 spiral grooves starting from the lower band are found on the columellar part of the shell.
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Conus californicus Reeve, 1844
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in NHMUK Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio
Published in: Conch.Icon. I, Conus, pl. 42, sp. 224
Ocean geography: Eastern Pacific
Type Locality: California
Type Data: Holotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 23.5 x 12.9 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONILITHIDAE SubFamily:-CALIFORNICONINAE
Genus:-Californiconus Species:-californicus
Synonyms:- californicus! Hinds, 1844; ravus Gould, 1853
Geographic Range:-California
Habitat:-Found intertidally to 30 mm in sand and gravel
Description:-Source Walls
Moderately light in weight, with dull finish; ovate, the upper sides distinctly convex; basal ridges weakening to shoulder; shoulder broadly rounded, not distinct from spire; spire moderate, the sides convex, bluntly pointed; whorls weakly stepped, the sutures irregular posteriorly; body whorl dirty bluish white with strong tan overtones; basal third darker tan while shoulder lighter showing blue white; spiral ridges marked by brown lines; occasionly reticulate pattern; spire white blotched heavily tan; aperture wide; outer lip thin convex; mouth tan paler with dark violet patch; columella narrow, long, set off by rounded ridge
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus calliginosus Shikama, 1979 Nomen nudum, only listed for reference
Pictures:
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Sci. Rep. Yokosuka Cy. Mus. (26)
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Taiwan
Type Data: Holotype was in collection Kawamura (NMST) and currently assumed to be lost
Type Size: 51.3 x 21.3 mm
Nomenclature: A nomen nudum:- an unavailable name (nomen nudum), described as a form after 1960
Taxonomy: An invalid synonym:-
Current Group Names:-
Not appropriate for the name
Geographic Range:-Philippines
Habitat:-Found at depths of 20-240 m; in Philippines
Description:-Although a nomen nudum this name is widely used for a patternless form.
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Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Pictures:
Picture Link: Holotype in MHNG Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio
Published in: Encyc. Meth.Hist. Nat. des Vers. Vol. 1, p. 712
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: Hawaii [erroneous]. Dry Tortugas, Florida
Type Data: Holotype in MHNG deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 39 x 19 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-ConasprelloidesSpecies:-cancellatus
Synonyms:-austini Rehder & Abbott, 1951; finkli Petuch, 1987; tristensis Petuch, 1987; brunneobandatus Petuch, 1992
Geographic Range:-E. Florida, USA - Venezuela; Antigua
Habitat:-Deep Water
Description:-Source Vink
A moderately heavy shell, 35 to 55 mm (80 mm in Brazilian specimens near the southern limit of the range) with slightly concave rather high spire (especially in Brazilian specimens), and slightly pyriform to straight sides of the body whorl. A wide-shouldered shell with distinctly pyriform sides of the body whorl is probably an atypical specimen of C. cancellatus. Shoulder angulate, body whorl with low rounded wavy spiral ridges of irregular size and numerous axial grooves or sometimes plicae which gives the shell a cancellate appearance. Spire whorls slightly stepped (often more stepped in Brazilian specimens), tops of the whorls straight to slightly concave with about 5 low spiral ridges crossed by concave growth lines. Nucleus: 2 whorls; axial sculpture on the sides of the first 3 to 4 postnuclear whorls, sides of the early whorls smaller than the tops.
Nearly all specimens of C. cancellatus are white or creamy white, with a yellowish apex. Some specimens have light brown bands or traces of brown bands around mid-body and below the shoulder, a pattern reminiscent of that of C. stimpsoni. Such specimens also have brown maculations on the spire whorls.
Discussion:-Notes: Walls created confusion using the name cancellatus for specimens of the Indo Pacific species C. pagodus and the name atractus for specimens of cancellatus.