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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus curassaviensis Hwass, 1792


Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Depth: 2 to 9 m (live 2 to 4 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 51  mm

Synonymy

Conus cedonulli auct. non Linnaeus, 1767
Conus mappa auct. non Lightfoot, 1786
Conus insularis auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Conus aurantius auct. non Hwass, 1792
Conus caracanus auct. non Hwass, 1792
Conus curassaviensis Hwass, 1792
Leptoconus curassaviensis (Hwass, 1792) 

Details


Conus cedonulli var. C curassaviensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792a, p. 602-604, [1798, pl. 316, fig. 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Curaçao [corrected to Aruba by Vink & Cosel (1985)]
Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Depth: 2 to 9 m (live 2 to 4 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 51 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) dNSEWMT{D}; Sunderland & Sunderland (1994c) D
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus aurantius auct. non Hwass, 1792, 
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Clench & Bullock (1970, pl. 177, fig. 3).

Conus caracanus auct. non Hwass, 1792, 
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Usticke (1968, no. 1013a).

Conus cedonulli auct. non Linnaeus, 1767, 
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Reeve (1843, sp. 46, var. a).

Conus insularis auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Vink (1977).

Conus mappa auct. non Lightfoot, 1786, 
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Holeman & Kohn (1970, pl. 5, fig. 6).


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.

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