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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus cardinalis Hwass, 1792


Range: 27°N to 9.4°N; 82.58°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 21 m
Maximum Reported Size: 32.2  mm

Synonymy

Conus cardinalis Hwass, 1792
Leptoconus cardinalis (Hwass, 1792) 
Conus inconstans E. A. Smith, 1877
Leptoconus inconstans (E. A. Smith, 1877) 
Conus kulkulcan auct. non Petuch, 1980
Conus harasewychi Petuch, 1987
Conasprella harasewychi (Petuch, 1987) 
Conus donnae Petuch, 1998

Details


Conus cardinalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792a, p. 632-633, [1798, pl. 322, fig. 6]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'l'océan Indien, et sur les côtes de Saint-Domingue ou de la Martinique' [Restricted to Santo Domingo by Kohn (1968)]
Range: 24°N to 9.4°N; 82.58°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 21 m
Maximum Reported Size: 32.2 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands
References: Clench (1942b) T; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S{W}; Warmke & Abbott (1961) E; Kohn (1968) M; Sunderland (1990b) D; Redfern (2001) d; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) W; ANSP M
Comments: Petuch (2000) restricts the range to Jamaica, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos.
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus (Purpuriconus) donnae Petuch, 1998b, p. 31-32, figs. 11-12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Along northwest Providence Channel, off East Brothers Cay, north of North Bimini Island and east of Great Isaac Light, Bahamas, 3-4 m
Range: 26.03°N to 25°N; 79.3°W to 77.8°W
Depth: 3 to 4 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Bimini, Berry Islands, Andros
References: Petuch (1998b) DdNSWM; Petuch (2000) E; Filmer (2001) s

Conus harasewychi Petuch, 1987, p. 31, pl. 5, figs. 7-8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: North of Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach, Florida [in error, corrected to 'Little Sale Cay, Bahamas' by Petuch (2000: 82)]
Range: 27°N ; 78°W
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Little Bahama Bank
References: Petuch (1987) M; Petuch (2000) NSEW; Filmer (2001) s
Combining Genera:  Conasprella

Conus inconstans E. A. Smith, 1877a, p. 224, [Weinkauff, 1875, pl. 60, figs. 2-3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
References: E. A. Smith (1877a) M
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus kulkulcan auct. non Petuch, 1980, 
[Not available]
References: Petuch (2000) s (of C. harasewychi)
Comments: Misidentification by Abbott & Dance (1982).


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.
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]
Petuch, E. J. 1998. Molluscan discoveries from the tropical Western Atlantic region. Part 5. New species of Conus from the Bahamas, Honduran Banks, San Blas Archipelago, and northeastern South America La Conchiglia 30(287) 25-36, 62. [Stated date: -- Jun 1998.]
Smith, E. A. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Conidae and Terebridae Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19 222-231. [Stated date: -- Mar 1877.]

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