Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus mappa mappa Lightfoot, 1786

Range: 13.2°N to 10.5°N; 62°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 15 to 152 m
Maximum Reported Size: 66.5 mm

Synonymy

Conus mappa Lightfoot, 1786
Leptoconus mappa (Lightfoot, 1786)
Conus insularis auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Conus solidus Gmelin, 1791
Conus dominicanus auct. non Hwass, 1792

Details

Conus mappa Lightfoot, 1786, p. 116, [Knorr I, pl. 8, fig. 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Solander; Hwass (1792)
Type Locality: 'China' [corrected to Trinidad, Lower Caribbean by Vink & Cosel (1985)]
Range: 13.2°N to 10.5°N; 62°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 15 to 152 m
Maximum Reported Size: 66.5 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago
References: Kohn (1964) T; Vink & Cosel (1985) dSWMT{DNE}; Sunderland & Sunderland (1994c) DNE
Combining Genera: Leptoconus

Conus dominicanus auct. non Hwass, 1792,
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Clench (1942).

Conus insularis auct. non Gmelin, 1791,
[Not available]
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Clench & Bullock (1970).

Conus solidus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3389-3390, [Chemnitz 10, pl. 142, fig. 1318]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Vink & Cosel (1985) s

Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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