Cone Collector’s Guide: What’s
New 2017
Any significant news and changes in 2017 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 January 2018.
Events reported up to December 2016 from the launch of the website, will be found in WhatsNew 2013, WhatsNew 2014 ,WhatsNew 2015 and WhatsNew 2016 sections of this website.
December 2017
Paper Phylogenetic
relationships of cone snails endemic to Cape Verde Is based on mitochondrial
genomes by Samuel Abalde, Manuel J. Tenorio, Carlos M. L. Afonso,
Juan E. Uribe, Ana M. Echeverry
and Rafael Zardoya in BMC Evolutionary Biology.
This paper is available for free download.
This DNA
study investigated in depth 89 specimens covering 60+ species of Cones from
CVI. The study traces the evolution of the species across the islands through
geological times.
Recently, many new cone species from this area have
been described so it is not surprising that the DNA tree indicates that about
50% of the species are invalid and should be considered synonyms.
Such DNA evidence is indicative and will need
refined in a further paper. By comparing fig. 4 in the paper contaning the species indicated as valid, with fig3 showing
the current situation , one can deduce most of the
synonyms being proposed.
A.
irregularis
will be noted as no longer a species. Its
senior synonym will depend on the type specimen of A irregularis being judged as represented
by the specimen from Boavista which fell in domain of A. crotchii.
November 2017.
Three new Caribbean cones published in Festivus
by Petuch E.J. & Berschauer
D.P.. New species of Pleurotomariidae, Volutidae, and Conidae from the Caribbean Sea and Namibia, Southwestern
Africa. The Festivus. 49(4):
317-327.
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Miskito
Cays, Nicaragua |
Miskito Cays,
Nicaragua |
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Dominican
Republic |
October 2017.
New cone published by L Bozzetti in Malacologia 97 from Tamil Nadu , Southern India.
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Conasprella albobrunnea Holotype 24mm MNHN |
In the same edition of the magazine, L Bozzetti introduced several new names as forms. names are therefore
invalid. They included (Cylinder textile anomalia polygonalis), (D. pennaceus melbae f. azurea), (Darioconus pennaceus melbae f. nigra),( Pionoconus
gubernator f. altispira), (Pionoconus gubernator f. ambolimailakanus),( Cylinder textile f. albospiratus),(
Darioconus pennaceus f. mimeticus).
Also in Malacologia 97, L Bozzetti
described a new subspecies Conus villepinii guadalupensis ssp. Nov from Guadelopue in the
Caribbean.
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Conus villepinii guadalupensis ssp. Holotype MNHN |
Also in Malacologia 97, Cossignani and Fiadeiro describe a new species from Boavista,
Cape Verde Islands.
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Africonus guiandradoi Holotype MNCM |
New cones from NW Madagascar published in Xenophora Taxonomy 17 by E. Monnier and M. Tenorio. (www.xenophora.org)
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Fusiconus levenensis |
Kioconus sakalava |
August 2017.
Four new cones from Vietnam published by Thach N.N. in book New
shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails.
Note that one
species was named as Conus kersteni;
an unavailable name since there already is a shell of that name; this will be
renamed paulkersteni.
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Calamiconus dangdami |
Calamiconus ducphuongi |
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Darioconus ngocngai |
Rhizoconus paulkersteni |
June 2017.
New cones described in Malacologia 96(www.malcologia.org)
Cossignani and Fiadeiro describe Africonus marckeppensi from Boavista, Cape Verde Islands.
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Africonus marckeppensi |
Luigi Bozzetti introduces two new names of cones from SW Madagascar
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Conus nimbosus s.sp nanoclarus |
Conus multibandatus |
In Malacologia 95, Bozzetti introduces and illustrates a form name C. catus forma vezorum from SW Madagascar. It is a brownish yellow specimen of C. catus. Form names are no longer allowed under ICZN rules and thus it is an invalid name.
June 2017.
Seven new species of Jaspidiconus described
by Petuch, Bershauer and Poremski in Festivus v49 (www.sandiegoshellclub.com/festivus).
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Jaspidconus chaac Yucatan Mexico |
Jaspidiconus ixchel, E
Mexico |
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Jaspidiconus chinchorroensis E Mexico |
Jaspidiconus lusca Turks & Caicos Is. |
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Jaspidiconus kellyae E Panama |
Jaspidiconus tayrona E Colombia |
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Jaspidiconus booti Aruba |
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June 2017.
Abalde, Tenorio,
Afonso, Zardoya publish a
review of Senegal cones following extensive DNA testing in an article “Mitogenomic phylogeny of cone snails endemic to Senegal”
published online in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
In the article, they raise to species level Lautoconus reticulatus(Born 1778) previously considered a form of L. mercator.
The DNA results also showed that the recently described Lautoconus senegalensis has very similar DNA to L. mercator
and propose that it should be considered a synonym/form.
Apr. 2017.
Three new cones from the Philippines published in Visaya vol 4/6 (www.conchology.be) by Poppe and Tagaro.
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C. gattegnoi |
C. geeraertsi |
C. olangoensis |
Apr. 2017.
New cone
described from Senegal by Gulden, Moolenbeek & Goud in Miscellanea Malacologia &(3). Lautoconus senegalensis has previously been considered a probable form
of Lautoconus
ventricosus.
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Lautoconus senegalensis holotype |
Jan 2017.
New cone
from India described by E Monnier, L Limpalaer, M Tenorio. Virgiconus malabaricus has previously been
considered a form of V. berdulinus. Published in Xenophora
Taxonomy V14(www.xenophora.org).
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V. malabaricus holotype
MNHN |
Jan 2017.
Pionoconus catus forma pullulus described by Luigi Bozzetti
published in Malacologia 94 (www.malacologia.org) from SE Madagascar. An interesting dark specimen of catus; an invalid description under ICZN rules.
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P. catus pullulus specimen |
Jan 2017.
New cone Darioconus miniturritus described from SE Madagascar in Malacologia 94(www.malacologia.org) by Luigi Bozzetti.
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D. miniturritus holotype MNHN |
Jan 2017.
Conus pennasilicorum described from Transkei, South Africa by Luigi Bozzetti
in Malacologia 94(www malacologia.org).
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Conus pennasilicorum holotype
MNHN |
Jan 2017.
8 new
species from the Cape Verde Islands published by T Cossignani
and R Fiadeiro in Malacologia
94(www.malcologia.org)
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A. barrosensis holotype Boavista |
A. cristinapessoae holotype Boavista |
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A. decolrobertoi holotype Maoi |
A. espingueirensis holotype Boavista |
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A. gallopalvoi holotype Boavista |
A. purvisi holotype Boavista |
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A. pinedensis holotype Boavista |
A. varandinhensis holotype Boavista |
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