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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus archetypus Crosse, 1865


Range: 12.5°N to 20.7°S; 64.3°W to 35.08°W
Depth: 0 to 90 m (live 10 to 14 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 31.5  mm

Synonymy

Leptoconus archetypus (Crosse, 1865) 
Conus archetypus Crosse, 1865
Conus beddomei Sowerby III, 1901
Leptoconus beddomei (Sowerby III, 1901) 
Conus brasiliensis Clench, 1942
Leptoconus brasiliensis (Clench, 1942) 

Details


Conus archetypus Crosse, 1865b, p. 313-314, pl. 10, fig. 7
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
References: Crosse (1865b) M
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus beddomei Sowerby III, 1901, 
[Synonym]
Range: 12.5°N to 20°S; 61.5°W to 40°W
Depth: 3 to 90 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines; Brazil: Para, Espirito Santo
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1994b) NWM
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus brasiliensis Clench, 1942b, p. 24-25, pl. 12, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Victoria, Brasil
Range: 10.6°N to 20.7°S; 64.3°W to 35.08°W
Depth: 0 to 90 m (live 10 to 14 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 31.5 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre; Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo
References: Clench (1942b) {NE}; Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf (1967) DEM; F. H. A. Costa (1988b) dLlS{WM}; Sunderland & Sunderland (1994b) D; Macsotay & Campos (2001) {D}LlNW
Comments: Record from Puerto Rico mentioned by Macsotay & Campos (2001) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. 1942. The Genus Conus in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(6) 1-40. [Stated date: 05 Dec 1942.]
Crosse, H. 1865. Description de Cônes nouveaux provenant de la collection Cuming Journal de Conchyliologie 13 299-315, pls. 9-11. [Stated date: 01 Jul 1865.]

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