Cone Collector’s Guide: What’s New 2020

Any significant news and changes in 2020 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 November 2020.

Events reported up to December 2019 from the launch of the website, will be found in the other WhatsNew sections of this website.

November 2020.

New cone Conus(Sciteconus) punctomaculatus from southern Madagascar described by Bozzetti in Malacologia 109.

C. punctomaculatus holotype

September 2020

Two new cones described by Touitou, Puillandre, Clovel & Bouchet from Lesser Antilles in Xenophora Taxonomy 30. Dauciconus karubenthos from Guadeloupe and Dauciconus quasidaucus from Martinique. A neotype was elected for Conus daucus.


Conus karubenthos Holotype	Conus quasidaucus Holotype

New cone Phasmoconus vegaluzi from Bali, Indonesia described by Monnier, Prugnaud and Limpalaer in Xenophora 30


Phasmoconus vegaluzi holotype	Conus daucus Neotype

August 2020.

L. Bozzetti describes in Malacologia 108, Conus indomaris fm suavis from India. The description of a form is invalid under ICZN protocol since 1961.

C. indomaris figured specimen

August 2020.

New cones subspecies Eugeniconus nobilis gisellelieae from Indonesia published by Parsons, Abbas &Lie in Festivus 52(3)

Eugeniconus nobils gisellelieae

In Festivus 52(3) Petuch ,J Coltro & Berschauer describe 3 new cones from Abrolhos, Brasil; another member of Jaspideus complex, Jaspidiconus carlagrezziae from Bahia state Brasil, together with Coltroconus(=Conasprella) valianti and Poremskiconus uhlei.


Jaspidiconus carlagrezziae Holotype	Coltroconus valianti Holotype

Poremskiconus uhlei

June 2020.

A new cone Darioconus lariniorum from the Red Sea is described by Lorenz in Conchylia 51(1/2) along with Nitidoconus fraserorum from Mozambique.


Darioconus lariniorum	Nitidiconus fraserorum

April 2020.

4 new cones from South Asia described by Nguyen Ngoc Thach in a new book on South Asia shells which includes 140 new taxa. Holotypes deposited in MNHN Paris.


Darioconus baochauae, Central Vietnam	Phasmoconuss deprinsi Central Vietnam

Rhizoconus huberiana Central Vietnam		Darioconus ngai Central Vietnam

New cone described in Malacologia 107 by T. Cossignani. Conus severinae

from Mindanao, Philippines.

Conus severinae

Major DNA phylogenetic study by Tenorio, Abalde, Pardos-Blas & Zardoya of the cones of West Africa and Cape Verde Islands plus a taxonomic revision was published in the European Journal of Taxonomy resulting in two new species and many species being judged to be synonyms of other existing species.

Africonus curralensis was shown to be two distinct species. A. insulae n.sp. is described from Santa Luzia.

The form of K. pulcher from the Canary Islands is shown to be significantly different genetically and is raised to species as Kalloconus canariensis.


A. insulae Holotype	K.canariensis Holotype

Varioconus guinaicus now includes as synonyms V.pineaui, V.taslei, V. wolof.

Varioconus mercator now includes as synonyms. The Gambian species C rikae, C. fernandi and C. gambiensis are judged to be junior synonyms of the more widely defined C. mercator which also includes C. orri, C. senegalensis, C. cacao and V. stimpsonorum.

The form of C. mercator from Ngor is found to be a separate species for which the name V. reticulatus exists.

Several Cape Verde Is species were considered to be junior synonyms including

A. varandinhensis=A. boavistensis

A. wandae= A. borgesi

A. pedrofiadeiroi= A. borgesi

A. antonioi=A. crotchii

A. calhetinensis=A. crotchii

A. josegeraldoi= A. crotchii

A. diegoi= A. damottai

A. roquensis= A. damottai

A. pinedensis =A. damottai

A. purvisi =A. damottai

A. joserochoi= A. delanoyae

A. cristinapessoae = A. fuscoflavus

A. gallopalvoi = A. fuscoflavus

A. tarafensis = A. fuscoflavus

A. guiandradoi =A.josephinae

A. demisgeraldoi = A. josephinae

A. cossignanii = A. maoiensis

A. decolrobertoi =A.maioensis

A. angeluquei = A.perrineae

Feb 2020.

Two new cones described in Malacologia 106 by T. Cossignani. Conus philquiquandoi from Myamar and Conus estellae from Tamil Nadu, India


Conus estellae	Conus philquiquandoni

Jan 2020.

Darioconus cathyae from PapuaNG and Darioconus michelcharlesi from Madagascar from the D. aulicus / D. auratinus complex are described in Xenophora Taxonomy v27 by Monnier, Limpalaër & Prugnaud.


D. cathyae	D. michelcharlesi

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