Cone Collector’s Guide: What’s New 2018

Any significant news and changes in 2018 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 2018.

Events reported up to December 2017 from the launch of the website, will be found in WhatsNew 2013, WhatsNew 2014 ,WhatsNew 2015, WhatsNew2016 and WhatsNew 2017 sections of this website.

December 2018.

Africonus tarafensis described from Boavista, Cape Verde Is. by Cossignani & Fiadeiro, in Malacologia 101. (www.malacologia.org)

Holotype MMM 25mm

New Cone, Afonsoconus crosnieri from the Mozambique Channel is described by Tenorio, Monnier & Puillandre in the European Journal of Taxonomy 472 (article available on line).

Holotype MNHN 59.6mm

New cone from Tamil Nadu, India described by Thach in New Shells of SE Asia. Conus huberi. Type specimen data not known.

Conus huberi 74mm

December 2018.

Four new cones from Angola described by Christfried Schönherr in Conchylia 49(3/4)

Lautoconus annegretae	Lautoconus equiminaensis

Lautoconus eusebioi	Lautoconus nunesi

September 2018.

New cones from Broome, Australia introduced by T Cossignani in Malacologia 101. Cylinder vezzaronellyae Holotype MMM 41.4mm.

C. vezzaronellyae holotype MMM

New cone from Solomon Is introduced by T Cossignani. Pionoconus alexisallaryi .

P. alexisallaryi Holotype MNHN

August 2018.

Four new cones from Gambia described by Petuch & Berschauer in Festivus 50(3). Holotypes in MNHN.

Lautoconus gambiensis	Lautoconus fernandi

Lautoconus rikae	Lautoconus wolof

May 2018.

New cone Pionoconus aliwalensis from Kwazulu Natal, South Africa described by S. Veldsman in Visaya 5.1(www.conchology.be)

Holotype NMSA 76mm

May 2018.

Africonus angeluquei from Maio, Cape Verde Islands and Kalloconus marimaris from Sal, Cape verde Islands described in Festivus by Tenorio, Abalde & Zardoya , Vol. 50 (2). Holotype in MNCN 30 x 19mm.

A. angeluquei Holotype	K. marimaris Holotype

May 2018.

A new cone Africonus perrineae from Maio, Cape Verde Islands described in Malacologia 99 by T. Cossignani and R. Fiadeiro. (www.malacologia.org). Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima. Type Size: 18.5 x 11 mm.

T Cossignani also introduces Conus vezzarochristophei from Tulear Madagascar

A.perrinae holotype MMM	C. vezzarochristophei holotype

May 2018.

Major new cone book; A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Conidae produced by fellow collectors MONNIER, E., LIMPALAER, L., ROBIN, A. & ROUX, C. (2018). The main purpose of this book is to present all the recent species considered as valid. The species concept is based on shell as well as radular morphologies, developmental mode, molecular characters, geographical ranges and ecology. Available in two volumes (www.conchbooks.de), with 1208 pages illustrated with almost 6700 specimens that represent more than one thousand species and subspecies some of which still pending description.

Feb 2018.

Four new cones from Boavista, Cape Verde Islands described in Malacologia 98 by T. Cossignani and R. Fiadeiro. (www.malacologia.org)

Africonus cazalisoi	Africonus demisgeraldoi

Africonus josegeraldoi	Africonus padarosae

Ten New Cone Shells from Indonesia, the Marquesas Islands, Brazil, and Pacific Panama

Described by Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer in Festivus

Pionoconus easoni Nuku Hiva	Poremskiconus tourosensis Brazil

Cylinder abbas johnabbasi n.ssp. Java	Jaspidiconus crabosi Bahia, Brazil

Jaspidiconus icapui Ceara, Brazil	Jaspidiconus itapua Bahia, Brasil

Jaspidiconus joanae, Brazil	Jaspidiconus keppensi Bahia, Brasil

Coltroconus bianchii, Bahia Brazil	Ximeniconus gubernatrix W. Panama

Jan 2018.

4 new cones described in Xenophora Taxonomy 19 (www.xenophora.org), based on a regional review covering the cones from Madagascar “ The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar "Deep South": composition, endemism and new taxa” by Monnier, E., Tenorio, M. J., Bouchet, P. & Puillandre, N

Conasprella (Fusiconus) lemuriana sp. nov.,

Conus (Phasmoconus) galeyi sp. nov.,

Conus (Textilia) cymbioides sp. nov.,

Conus (Turriconus) aequiquadratus sp. Nov.

F. lemuriana holotype	P. galeyi holotype

T. cymbioides holotype	T. aequiquadratus holotype

Also in Xenophora Taxonomy 19, Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar

Conus(Darioconus) rosiae sp. nov.

D. rosiae holotype

Other taxonomic events in these reviews:

Conus archiepiscopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 is raised to be a valid species

Conus biancae Bozzetti, 2010 and Cylinder priscai Bozzetti, 2012, are synonymized

with Conus archiepiscopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810 synonym of Conus archiepiscopus

Conus pyramidalis Lamarck, 1810 synonym of Conus archiepiscopus

Conus sirventi Fenaux, 1943 synonym of Conus archiepiscopus

Conus suzannae van Rossum, 1990 synonym of Conus archiepiscopus

Conus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932 synonym of Conus archiepiscopus

Conus fuscatus Born, 1778, is raised to be a valid species.

Conus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000 is raised to valid species

Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho Bozzetti,2013, is synonymized with C. vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher,2000;

Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 is raised to valid species

Darioconus fortdauphinensis Bozzetti, 2015 and D. miniturritus Bozzetti, 2017, are synonymized with Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus pennaceus tsara Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000 becomes synonym of C. praelatus

Conus pennaceus corbieri Blöcher, 1994 is raised to species

Other synonyms created:

Conus olgiatti Bozzetti, 2007, C. anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008, and Rolaniconus gilberti Bozzetti, 2012, with C. balteatus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833;

Conus nimbosus nanoclarus Bozzetti, 2017, with C. nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792;

Pionoconus atimovatae Bozzetti, 2012, with Conus simonis Bozzetti, 2010;

Conus pennasilicorum Bozzetti, 2017, with C. alconnelli da Motta,1986;

Conus sazanka Shikama, 1970, with C. martensi E.A. Smith, 1884;

Rolaniconus buniatus Bozzetti, 2013, with Conus varius Linnaeus, 1758;

Conus multibandatus Bozzetti, 2017, with C. coronatus Gmelin, 1791.

Textilia lucasi Bozzetti, 2010 synonym of Conus chiapponorum Lorenz, 2004.

Also Limpalaer, L. & Monnier, E. introduce Pictoconus, new genus from South Africa and Profundiconinae, new subfamily (Gastropoda: Conidae).

Dated 2017.

Major review of genetics of Cape Verde Is cones “Phylogenetic relationships of cone snails endemic to Cabo Verde based on mitochondrial genomes” Samuel Abalde, Manuel J. Tenorio, Carlos M. L. Afonso, Juan E. Uribe, Ana M. Echeverry and Rafael Zardoya”.

Available on line at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702168/

The results indicate that genetically approx 50% of all species studied have a DNA profile close enough to that of one of the other species to suggest the need for synonyms to be created.

List of changes included in Worms database

Africonus anthonyi Petuch, 1975 accepted as Africonus cuneolus(Reeve,1843) .

Africonus bernardinoi Cossignani, 2014 accepted as Africonus cuneolus (Reeve, 1843)

Africonus cabraloi Cossignani, 2014 accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849).

Africonus cagarralensis Cossignani, 2014 accepted as Africonus longilineus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980)

Africonus claudiae (Tenorio & Afonso, 2004) accepted as Africonus calhetae (Rolán, 1990)

Africonus condei Afonso & Tenorio, 2014 accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849).

Africonus crioulus (Tenorio & Afonso, 2004) accepted as Africonus maioensis (Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990)

Africonus damioi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015 accepted as Africonus roeckeli (Rolán, 1980)

Africonus derrubado (Rolán & Fernandes, 1990) accepted as Africonus damottai (Trovão, 1979) Africonus docensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849) Africonus evorai (Monteiro, Fernandes & Rolán, 1995) accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849) Africonus fantasmalis (Rolán, 1990) accepted as Africonus fuscoflavus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980)

Africonus fiadeiroi Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014 accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849)

Africonus fontonae (Rolán & Trovão, 1990) accepted as Africonus cuneolus (Reeve, 1843).

Africonus galeao (Rolán, 1990) accepted as Africonus galeao Rolán, 1990 raised to species.

Africonus luquei (Rolán & Trovão, 1990) accepted as Africonus delanoyae (Trovão, 1979).

Africonus marckeppensi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 accepted as Africonus josephinae (Rolán, 1980) Africonus marcocastellazzii Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 accepted as Africonus maioensis (Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990)

Africonus melissae (Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008) accepted as Africonus longilineus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980)

Africonus messiasi (Rolán & Fernandes, 1990) accepted as Africonus fuscoflavus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980)

Africonus miguelfiaderoi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015 accepted as Africonus vulcanus (Tenorio & Afonso, 2004)

Africonus mordeirae (Rolán & Trovão, 1990) accepted as Africonus cuneolus (Reeve, 1843)

Africonus morroensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 accepted as Africonus diminutus (Trovão & Rolán, 1986)

Africonus nelsontiagoi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 accepted as Africonus verdensis (Trovão, 1979) Africonus pseudocuneolus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980) accepted as Africonus cuneolus (Reeve, 1843)

Africonus salreiensis (Rolán, 1980) accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849)

Africonus serranegrae (Rolán, 1990) accepted as Africonus cuneolus (Reeve, 1843)

Africonus silviae Cossignani, 2014 accepted as Africonus fuscoflavus (Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980)

Africonus swinneni Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014 accepted as Africonus delanoyae (Trovão, 1979)

Africonus teodorae (Rolán & Fernandes, 1990) accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849) Africonus umbelinae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 accepted as Africonus damottai (Trovão, 1979) Africonus zinhoi Cossignani, 2014 accepted as Africonus maioensis (Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990)

Different forms of Africonus irregularis G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 accepted as Africonus crotchii (Reeve, 1849) and Africonus maioensis (Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990). Africonus irregularis and A. iberogermanicus become junior synonyms of A. crotchii. Shells from Maio are C. maioensis; shells from Boavista are either C crotchii or C maioensis. This may require the nomination of a lectotype for C. irregularis to finalise positions of different populations..

Kalloconus pulcher ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Kalloconus) pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786

Trovoa trochulus accepted as Kalloconus trochulus (Reeve, 1844).

Trovaoconus venulatus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Kalloconus venulatus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Trovaoconus ateralbus (Kiener, 1850) accepted as Kalloconus ateralbus (Kiener, 1850)

Travaoconus atlanticoselvagem Afonso & Tenorio, 2004 accepted as Kalloconus trochulus (Reeve, 1844)

Populations of Trovaoconus pseudonivifer (Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, 2004) accepted as Kalloconus pseudonivifer (Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, 2004) and others become Kalloconus trochulus (Reeve, 1844)

Additional publication:Based on data gathered above, one of the new species indicated by the DNA results is described:

“DNA sequences disclose a new species of Africonus cone snail from São Vicente”. This paper published by Tenorio, Afonso, Rolan et al describes Africonus freitasi from Cape Verde Is. Available online Zoologia Caboverdiana 6, 32–41 (http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol6no2/ZoolCV2017_6_2_Tenorio_etal_Africonus%20freitasi.pdf)

Africonus freitasi Holotype

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