Conus uhlei Petuch, J. Coltro &
Berschauer, 2020
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Published in: Festivus, Vol. 52, Issue 3; p. 228;
Fig. 2, E & F
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: Abrolhos Platform, southeast off Alcobaça, South Bahia
State, Brazil
Type Data: Holotype in MZSP deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 21,1 x 11,6 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE
SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Poremskiconus Species:-uhlei
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:- Only known from the type locality
Habitat:- Coral rubble areas
Description:- Shell of average size for genus, stocky, slightly inflated,
with low, flattened spire; shoulder sharply-angled, subcarinate, slightly
undulating; body whorl smooth and polished, with 8-10 raised cords around
anterior one-third; body whorl consistently solid olive- green with thin band
of dark brown and white checker-like flammules around mid-body; spire whorls
white, overlaid with closely-packed thin dark brown flammules, arranged in
radial pattern; earliest spire whorls bright reddish-pink; white spire color
and edges of dark brown spire flammules extend onto edge of shoulder, producing
distinct white and dark brown checkered pattern; aperture uniformly narrow,
with interior of aperture varying in color from pale olive-green to lavender;
protoconch very exerted and projecting, mamillate, composed of 2 ½ whorls, bright
red in color.
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Conus
umbelinae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014
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Picture Link: Holotype in
MMM Cupra Marittima
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Published in: Malacologia 84, p. 21 - 22
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Baia di
Springuero, Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Type Data: Holotype in MMM, Cupra Marittima
Type Size: 17,8 x 10,4 mm
Nomenclature: An available name
Taxonomy: A synonym of Africonus
damottai Trováo, 1979; see
Discussion
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Africonus Species:-umbelinae
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:- Only known from the type locality
Habitat:- The specimens studied were found to be 0.3 to 3 meters deep,
over and under rocks
Description:-Source: Original description Malacologia
Pyriform shell of small dimensions,
about average for the genre, with a range from 15 to 23 mm high, with
moderately raised spire with concave profile and just slightly stepped sutures;
with gently rounded shoulder which tends
to broaden. The aperture is wide and the lip mirrors the shape of the
columellar margin. The dome-shaped protoconch is slightly flattened and colored
almost clear white running onto spire. 3 small spiral grooves, not quite
equidistant, are highlighted on the whorl tops that have a background of light
gray with transverse striae of irregular brownish-orange alternating with
whitish spots. The last whorl, smooth, except for 8 thin grooves which occupy
the lower portion, has a green grey colour with a whitish marbling and a white
spiral band that below midbody, visible in aperture; the lower part of the
whorl takes on a brown colour similar to the color of the shell internally.
Discussion:-
New species proposed: Africonus damottai Trováo
Abalde et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2017) 17:231
Phylogenetic relationships of cone shells endemic to Cabo Verde based on mitochondrial genomes
Taxonomic revision of West
African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae)
based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation Tenorio, Abalde, Pardos-Blas & Zardoya 2020
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Conus undatus Kiener, 1845
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Original Description
Published in: Spec.
Gen. Icon. des Coq. Viv. 2, p. 210, pl. 94, f. 1
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: Indian Ocean
Type Data: Holotype was in collection Delessert and currently assumed to
be lost
Type Size: 32 mm
Nomenclature: An availabe name
Taxonomy: Synonym of Conus lorenzianus
Dillwyn, 1817
Current Group Names:-
Not appropriate for the name undatus
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Conus
unicolor Sowerby ii, 1834
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Lectotype in NHMUK Mike Filmer
Published in: Conch.
Illus. pt. 54, f. 59
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: None
Type Data: Lectotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size :45.5 x 23 mm
Nomenclature: A homonym:- Nomenclatural status, an availabe Name, an
invalid name, a homonym of C. unicolor
Sowerby, 1833, renamed C. concolor
Sowerby, 1841.
Taxonomy: Renamed
Current Group Names:-
Not appropriate for the name unicolor
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Conus unifasciatus
Kiener, 1845
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Link: Holotype in MNHN Mike Filmer
Picture Link: Paul Kersten
Radula Picture: Manuel Tenorio & Emilio Rolán
Published in: Spec.
Gen. Icon. des Coq. Viv. 2, p. 361, pl.
110, f. 4
Ocean geography: East Atlantic and West Africa
Type Locality: Not known
Type Data: Holotype in MNHN deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 22 mm
Nomenclature: An availabe name
Taxonomy: A valid species
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Lautoconus Species:-unifasciatus
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Senegal; in south around Petit Cote, Cap Vert, Sarene
Habitat:-Found on rocky bottoms
Description:-Source Pin and Tack
Shell biconical, not glossy, of 8 whorls. Spire relatively high, conic, just a
little stepped, and with well-marked suture. From 4 to 6 small spiral cords
more or less visible near the base; other much more marked cords equally
visible on the whole surface of the last whorl. Shoulder wide, slightly
rounded. Sides almost straight. Aperture wide at the shoulder and flaring
towards the base. Lip slightly enveloping, very slightly convex, with the angle
at the shoulder weakly marked.
The colouration is solid dark brown or greenish- brown, but sometimes the last
whorl shows two very narrow lighter bands, one at mid body, the other at the
convexity of the shoulder. On the shoulder and the penultimate whorl some
whitish small spots are visible. The interior of the aperture is bluish, the
inner lip is bordered with a narrow light brown band, sometimes interrupted by
the trace of the two lighter bands at mid body and by the shoulder. The
periostracum is light, transparent.
Source Iconography
Shell moderately small; biconical, shoulder wide, slightly rounded and almost
straight sides.Aperture wide flaring towards base, bluish in interior. Body
color is uniform dark brown or greenish brown somtimes displaying two faint
white bands at shoulder and middle; at time some whitish spots.
Discussion:-Its constant shape and color, as well as its radula,
distinguishes C. unifasciatus from C. mercator, C. belairensis and C.
hybridus.
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Conus urashimanus
Kuroda & Ito, 1961
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Link: Holotype in collection Teramachi Mike Filmer
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Paul Kersten
Published in: Venus
vol. xxi, no. 3, p. 249, pl. 17, f. 13 & 14
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: Nada, Gobo, Kii Peninsula, Japan
Type Data: Holotype was in collection Teramachi and currently assumed to
be lost
Type Size: 70 x 37.5 mm
Nomenclature: An availabe name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus recluzianus
Bernardi, 1853
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Kioconus Species:-recluzianus urashimanus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Japan - Philippines
Habitat:-Found at depths of 50-250 m.
Description:-Source Living Conidae
Usually conical, and rarely ventricosely conical in form urashimanus; outline variably convex at adapical fourth, straight
below; form roseorapum convex at adapical third and often with a concave left
side near base. Shoulder angulate and undulate to tuberculate, the undulations
or tubercles evenly spaced. Spire low, outline concave to somewhat sigmoid;
Larval shell of 3-3.25 whorls, maximum diameter 0.8-1.0 mm. About first 1.5
postnuclear whorls variably tuberculate; following whorls undulate. More
strongly so toward shoulder. Teleoconch sutural ramps flat to slightly concave,
with 1-2 increasing to 4-7 spiral grooves. weaker in late whorls. Last whorl
with spiral ribs at base and a few widely spaced weak elevations above.
Ground colour white to pale brown, or violet; Last whorl with a broad yellow to
brown spiral band on each side of centre, solid or interrupted and either
distinct or merging with adjacent areas; apical band may extend to shoulder
Shell Morphometry
L 45-80 mm
RW 0.14-0.73 g/mm
(L 45-79 mm)
RD 0.50-0.60
PMD 0.85-0.96
(-f. urashimanus rarely to 0.83)
RSH 0.02-0.10
Specimens conforming to the description of C.
urashimanus have a rather uniform violet-brown colouration with often
discontinuous darker brown spiral bands; their shoulder is sometimes distinctly
tuberculate.
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus ustickei Miller in
Nowell-Usticke, 1959
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Lectotype in AMNH Mike Filmer
Published in: Check
List Mar. Shells St. Croix, p. 80, pl.
1, f. 14
Ocean geography: West Atlantic and Caribbean
Type Locality: North of Frederiksted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Is.
Type Data: Lectotype in AMNH deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 27 x 12.5 mm
Nomenclature: An availabe name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus
attenuatus Reeve, 1844
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-PUNCTICULIINAE
Genus:-Dauciconus Species:-attenuatus ustickei forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Is. Cuba, Florida
Habitat:-No Data
Description:-Caribbean Florida to Martinique
Source Walls C. attenuatus
Moderately light in weight, with a high gloss, low conical; body whorl
elongate, the sides straight; body whorl covered with spiral threads 8-10
strong near base; shoulder narrow, sharply carinate and smooth; spire
low/moderate, sharply pointed, protoconch prominent; early whorls sometimes
form rounded dome; sides of spire straight; color pattern variable; commonly
white or pale pinkish with two very broad spiral bands of deep orange, red, yellow
orange, the whitish background showing through as bands at shoulder and
midbody; base often deeper violet pink; two extreme patterns(Martinique) result
in white shells with two irregular bands of reddish axial blotches; or reddish
shells with white axial blotches, heavy spire markings; spire and shoulder
white to pinkish with numerous square reddish blotches; early whorls white; aperture
narrow uniform; outer lip thin sharp, fragile; mouth deep violet pink; columella
not visible
Note: C ustickei is the most common
form with yellowish/orange broad spiral bands and white bands at middle and
shoulder.
Discussion:-No Data
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Conus ustulatus Reeve, 1844
Pictures:
Picture
Link: Holotype in NHMUK Mike Filmer
Published in: Conch.
Icon, Conus, pl. 44, sp. 239
Ocean geography: Indo-Pacific
Type Locality: New Holland (Australia)
Type Data: Holotype in NHMUK deposited and catalogued
Type Size: 42 x 21 mm
Nomenclature: An availabe Name
Taxonomy: Synonym form of Conus magus
Linnaeus, 1758
Current Group Names:-
Family:-CONIDAE SubFamily:-CONINAE
Genus:-Pionoconus Species:-magus
ustulatus forma
Synonyms:- There are no junior synonyms
Geographic Range:-Indo Pacific: Known from the Louisiade Archipelago
(Solomon Sea) and Palawan, Philippines)
Habitat:-Intertidal and upper subtidal. A sand-dweller on coral reef and
in sheltered bays, often beneath rocks and dead coral.
Description:-
Last whorl with closely set spiral ribs from base to shoulder and two broad
pale yellow spiral bands.
Discussion:-No Data
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