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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792


Range: 30.04°N to 6.69°N; 96.87°W to 0°W
Depth: 26 to 110 m (live 60 to 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80  mm

Synonymy

Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792
Conasprella cancellatus (Hwass, 1792) 
Conus atractus auct. non Tomlin, 1937
Conus austini Rehder & Abbott, 1951
Conasprella austini (Rehder & Abbott, 1951) 

Details


Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792a, p. 712-713, [1798, pl. 338, fig. 1]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'l'isle d'Owhyhée sans l'océan pacifique' [Hawaii, in error]
Range: 26°N to 18°N; 83°W
Depth: 37 to 61 m
Maximum Reported Size: 52 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Dry Tortugas
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1994c) DWM
Combining Genera:  Conasprella

Conus atractus auct. non Tomlin, 1937, 
[Not available]
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
References: Coomans et al. (1981) s
Comments: Misidentification; C. atractus is a form of the Australian Conus anemone (Coomans et al. 1981).

Conus austini Rehder & Abbott, 1951a, p. 22-24, fig. 7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Southeast of Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 40-46 fathoms
Range: 30.04°N to 6.69°N; 96.87°W to 54.18°W
Depth: 26 to 110 m (live 60 to 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Dry Tortugas; USA: Alabama, Texas; Mexico: Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Campeche Bank; Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon, Isla Margarita; Antigua, Surinam
References: Clench (1953b); Springer & Bullis (1956) DNW; Altena (1975) SE; Röckel & Vink (1982) s; Díaz (1990) Ll
Combining Genera:  Conasprella


Partial List of References

Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 345-757. Panckoucke: Paris.
Rehder, H. A. and R. T. Abbott. 1951. Two new Recent cone shells from the Western Atlantic (Conidae) Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41 22-24. [Stated date: 15 Jan 1951.]

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