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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889


Range: 35°N to 10°N; 91.38°W to 67°W
Depth: 9 to 61 m (live 9 to 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 54  mm

Synonymy

Conus centurio auct. non Born, 1778
Conus villepinii auct. non Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
Leptoconus amphiurgus (Dall, 1889) 
Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889
Conus juliae Clench, 1942
Leptoconus juliae (Clench, 1942) 
Conus mayaguensis Usticke, 1968
Leptoconus mayaguensis (Usticke, 1968) 
Conus colombianus Petuch, 1987

Details


Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889a, p. 70
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Near the coast of Yucatan
Range: 35°N to 10.5°N; 91.38°W to 74.5°W
Depth: 40 to 61 m (live 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 47 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Yucatan Peninsula; Colombia
References: Dall (1889a) {D}; Clench (1953b) {M}; Díaz (1990) dLl; Sunderland (1990b) DM; Díaz & Puyana (1994) SE; E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) W
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus centurio auct. non Born, 1778, 
[Not available]
Depth: 40 m
References: Sutty (1986) Dd
Comments: Misidentification by Sutty (1986, figs. 91-92).

Conus colombianus Petuch, 1987, p. 114-115, pl. 17, figs. 11-12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Islas del Rosario, Colombia
Range: 10°N ; 76°W
Depth: 35 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Colombia
References: Díaz (1990) s; Filmer (2001) s (of C. magellanicus)

Conus juliae Clench, 1942b, p. 26-27, pl. 12, fig. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 9 miles off Fort Walton, Florida, 15 fathoms
Range: 35°N to 18.3°N; 82°W to 67°W
Depth: 9 to 27 m (live 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 54 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Cuba: North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) SE; Sarasúa (1970); Petuch (1980b) s
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus mayaguensis Usticke, 1968, p. 15, pl. 2, fig. 1003
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Punta Guanajibos, west coast of Puerto Rico [by lectotype designation of Boyko & Cordeiro 2001]
Range: 18.2°N ; 67.2°W
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Usticke (1968) NSEWM; Díaz (1990) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Comments: Considered a valid species by Petuch (2000), who states that Conus inconstans E. A Smith might be an older name for it.
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus villepinii auct. non Fischer & Bernardi, 1857, 
[Not available]
Range: 22.47°N ; 87.03°W
Depth: 49 m
References: Díaz (1990)
Comments: Misidentification by Clench (1953, pl. 184, fig. 2).


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.]
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
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.]
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1968. Caribbean Cones from St. Croix and the Lesser Antilles  31 pp., 4 pls. Author. [Stated date: -- --- 1968; true date: post Oct.]

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