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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus villepinii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857


Range: 32.3°N to 34.17°S; 96.22°W to 34.85°W
Depth: 25 to 475 m
Maximum Reported Size: 93  mm

Synonymy

Conus villepinii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
Leptoconus villepinii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) 
Conus fosteri Clench & Aguayo, 1942
Conus capricorni Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967
Conasprella capricorni (Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) 

Details


Conus villepinii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857a, p. 292-293, pl. 10 [sic, 9], fig. 12
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Marie Galante
Range: 32.3°N to 34.17°S; 87.03°W to 35°W
Depth: 25 to 165 m
Maximum Reported Size: 93 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Marie Galante, Brazil: Amapa, Pernambuco, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Clench (1953b) W; Rios et al. (1975) S; Princz (1978a) M
Comments: 26°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus capricorni Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967, p. 238-239, text-fig. 3; pl. 10, figs. 1a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Calypso sta. 150, 30°40'S, 49°35.5'W, 141-135 m
Range: 11.2°N to 30.67°S; 64°W to 34.85°W
Depth: 141 to 370 m
Maximum Reported Size: 52 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Brazil: Alagoas, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf (1967) DdSEM; Macsotay & Campos (2001) NW
Combining Genera:  Conasprella

Conus fosteri Clench & Aguayo in Clench, 1942b, p. 34-35, pl. 12, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Atlantis sta. 3434, off Sagua la Grande, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, 23°10'N, 79°35'W, 260 fathoms
Range: 29.85°N to 11°N; 96.22°W to 66°W
Depth: 139 to 475 m
Maximum Reported Size: 62 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Cuba: North Matanzas, South Matanzas, Villa Clara, North Ciego de Avila
References: Springer & Bullis (1956) dNW; Clench (1959a) SE


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.]
Fischer, [P.] and Bernardi, [A. C.] 1857. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 292-300, pls. 8-9. [Stated date: -- Jan 1857.]
Van Mol, J. J., B. Tursch and M. Kempf. 1967. Mollusques prosobranches: Les Conidae du Brésil. Étude basée en partie sur les spécimens recueillis par la Calypso Annales de l'Institut Océanographique 45 233-254, pls. 5-10.

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