Cone Collector’s Guide: What’s
New 2016
Any significant news and changes in 2016 are summarised here and they will be integrated as appropriate into the next release of the main files of the Paul Kersten checklist on this website. These main files were last updated in December 2016.
Events reported up to December 2015 from the launch of the website, will be found in WhatsNew 2013, WhatsNew 2014 and WhatsNew 2015 sections of this website.
December 2016.
New cone published in Malacologia v93 (www.malacologia.org). Pioconus vezzaroi is described from Aliguay, Philippines by T.Cossignani
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Pioconus vezzaroi |
December 2016.
New cone from Cuba. Espinosa and
Ortea describe Purpuriconus guanahacabibensis in Rev. Acad.
Canar. Cienc., Vol. XXVIII, 209-214; Pl. 1
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Purpuriconus guanahacabibensis |
November 2016.
Petuch & Berschauer describe 4 new cones from Brasil in Festivus 48(4)
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Poremskiconus fonsecai |
Jaspidiconus josei |
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Lamniconus petestimpsoni |
Poremskiconus smoesi |
October 2016.
New book, Vietnamese New Molluscs published by N Thach. In the book, two new cones are described by the author Kioconus alrobini and Vituliconus alfi. (www.conchbooks.de)
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Kioconus alrobini |
Vituliconus alfi |
September 2016.
Manuel Tenorio describes new cone, Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki from deep water off the Solomon Islands in Basteria 80.
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Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki holotype MNHN |
September 2016.
New cones described by Art Dekkers in Basteria 80. Pseudolilliconus molaerivus from Mactan , Philippines.
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Pseudolilliconus molaerivus Holotype RMNH |
September 2016.
Two new cones from Western Atlantic described by Monnier & Limpalaer in Xenophora Supplement 13 (www.xenophora.org)as part of a review of Dauciconus group. Dauciconus massemini from Guyana and Dauciconus jacquescolombi from Martinique.
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Dauciconus massemini holotype MNHN |
Dauciconus jacquescolombi holotype MNHN |
September 2016.
Four new cones in the genus Sciteconus described from South Africa by Stephan Veldsman in Malacologia 92(www.malacologia.org).
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S. ariejoostei holotype |
S.xhosa holotype |
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S. velliesi holotype |
S.nahoonensis holotype |
New cone from Philippines described by Luigi Bozzetti in Malacolgia 92 named as Pioconus quasimagus.
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Pioconus quasimagus holotype MNHN |
August 2016.
Six new cones described in Festivus 48/3. Five species from Caribbean/West Atlantic and one species from Red Sea. (www.sandiegoshellclub.org).
Edward J. Petuch,
David P. Berschauer, and André Poremski
describe five conus species in genus Jaspidiconus
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Jaspidiconus boriqua
holotype Puerto Rico |
Jaspidiconus culebranus
holotype Puerto Rico |
Jaspidiconus janapatriceae GrandCayman |
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Jaspidiconus marcusi Eleuthera, Bahamas |
Jaspidiconus masinoi Honduras |
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer described Miliariconus sinaiensis from Sinai/Gulf Aqaba
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Miliariconus sinaiensis holotype |
July 2016.
A new deep water cone described from Balut
Is. Philippines By M. Tenorio and E. Monnier in Xenophora supplement
12.(www.xenophora.org). Profundiconus
limpalaeri.
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Profundiconus limpalaeri. Holotype MNHN |
May 2016.
New species of cone, Conus saharicus from Saharan NW Africa described in Festivus 48(2) by E Petuch and D. Berschauer. (www.sandiegoshellclub.org).
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Conus saharicus Holotype |
May 2016.
Three new names are introduced in Malacologia 91 (www.malacologia.org).
New form of cone from India:- C. amadis f.superba described by L. Bozzetti. This is not a valid description under ICZN rules.
New subspecies described from Zamboanga, Philippines by A. Allary
and T.Cossignani:- Darioconus crocatus pseudomagister.
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superba |
D. crocatus pseudomagister |
New species of cone from
Natal, South Africa described by Stephan Veldsman; Sciteconus mpenjatiensis.
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Sciteconus mpenjatiensis holotype |
February 2016.
Several new subspecies of the cone, Leptoconus locumtenens described by Cossignani and Assi from the remote Isla Socotra group off coast of Somalia. Malacologia 90(www.malacologia.org). Holotypes in MMM.
Leptoconus locumtenens ssp.assilorenzoi
Leptoconus locumtenens ssp.linae
Leptoconus locumtenens ssp.biggii
Leptoconus locumtenens ssp.linae fm. hafunensis (An invalid form name and description).
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assilorenzi |
linae |
biggii |
hafuensis |
Note: The description of 3 subspecies from one locality is questionable.
January 2016.
Phasmoconus (Phasmoconus) tenorioi , a new species described from the Red Sea by Eric Monnier, Antonio Monteiro & Loic Limpalaer in Xenophora Taxonomy v10(www.xenophora.org).
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P. tenorioi holotype |
January 2016.
Five new deep water cones from New Caledonia are described by Tenorio and Castelin in the online journal European Journal of Taxonomy (www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/). Descriptions are downloadable.
Holotypes are all deposited in MNHN.
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Profundiconus barazeri 11.6mm |
Profundiconus maribelae
27.5mm |
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Profundiconus neocaledonicus 45.9mm |
Profundiconus puillandrei 43.2mm |
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Profundiconus virginiae 42.5mm |
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Addendum
2015.
New cone Conus hughmorrisoni described by Lorenz and Puilandre from Kavieng, New Ireland. Published in European Journal of Taxonomy v129 P1-15.(www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/)
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C. hughmorrisoni holotype MNHN 20.4mm |
November 2015.
New description of form :-C. textile fm.vezzaroi from Madagascar by T. Cossignani in Malacologia 89(www.malacolgia.org). Under ICZN rules, such new form descriptions are invalid.
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