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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus armiger Crosse, 1858


Range: 30.05°N to 6°N; 96.67°W to 57°W
Depth: 35 to 227 m (live 53 to 53 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Conus crenulatus Kiener, 1845
Conasprella armiger (Crosse, 1858) 
Conus armiger Crosse, 1858
Conus clarki Rehder & Abbott, 1951
Conasprella clarki (Rehder & Abbott, 1951) 
Conus frisbeyae Clench & Pulley, 1952
Conasprella frisbeyae (Clench & Pulley, 1952) 

Details


Conus armiger Crosse, 1858,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 30°N to 6°N; 94°W to 57°W
Depth: 40 to 165 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Colombia, Barbados, Surinam
References: Walls (1979) {D}dNSEWM; Sunderland (1990b) D
Combining Genera:  Conasprella

Conus clarki Rehder & Abbott, 1951a, p. 22, figs. 1-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 50 miles SSW of Marsh Island, Iberia County, Louisiana, 28°27.0'N, 92°14.0'W, 29 fathoms
Range: 30.05°N to 18.72°N; 96.67°W to 86.8°W
Depth: 35 to 227 m (live 53 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 36 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Tabasco
References: Rehder & Abbott (1951a) LlM; CLench (1953b); Springer & Bullis (1956) DdNSEW
Combining Genera:  Conasprella

Conus crenulatus Kiener, 1845b, p. [Kiener 1850, pp. 355-356], pl. 109, fig. 1
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 32 mm
References: Kiener (1850) M
Comments: Non Deshayes, 1835.

Conus frisbeyae Clench & Pulley, 1952, p. 59, pl. A, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Campeche Banks, Yucatan, Mexico, 23 fathoms
Range: 20°N to 23°N; 87°W to 92°W
Depth: 42 m
Maximum Reported Size: 32.5 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche Bank
References: Clench & Pulley (1952) DdNSEWM
Combining Genera:  Conasprella


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and T. E. Pulley. 1952. Notes on some marine shells from the Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Conus Texas Journal of Science 4 59-61. [Stated date: 30 Mar 1952; true date: pre Apr 21.]
Kiener, L. C. 1845. Genre Cone. (Conus, Lin.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 2 pls. 1-111
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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