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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus centurio Born, 1778


Range: 19.8°N to 20.7°S; 77°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 175 m (live 2 to 46 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85.5  mm

Synonymy

Conus centurio Born, 1778
Conus bifasciatus Gmelin, 1791
Conus tribunus Gmelin, 1791
Conus woolseyi M. Smith, 1946
Conus caribaensis Usticke, 1968
Conus cruzensis Usticke, 1968
Conus antillensis Sander, 1982

Details


Conus centurio Born, 1778, p. 133-134
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 19.8°N to 20.7°S; 76°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 120 m (live 2 to 46 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85.5 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Isla la Tortuga, Isla Margarita; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Guadeloupe, Barbados, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Clench (1953b) N; Warmke & Abbott (1961); Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf (1967) M; Gaudiat & Violi (1977) dl; Leal (1991b) DS; Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Comments: Dall's (1889a) record from the Gulf of Mexico and Wall's (1979) records from Florida and Georgia need confirmation.

Conus centurio var. antillensis Sander, 1982b, p. 149-150, figs. 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2
[Not available]
Type Locality: Off the west coast of Barbados
Range: 13.2°N ; 59.6°W
Depth: 175 m
Maximum Reported Size: 64 mm
Distribution: Barbados
References: Sander (1982b) DdNSEW; Sunderland & Sunderland (1994b) M
Comments: Not available--infrasubspecific.

Conus bifasciatus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3392, [Born, 1780, pl. 7, fig. 10]
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Unknown

Conus centurio f. caribaensis Usticke, 1968, p. 13, pl. 2, fig. 998
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Krause's Bay, St. Croix [by lectotype designation of Boyko & Cordeiro 2001]
Range: 17.7°N to 13°N; 64.8°W to 59.6°W
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados
References: Usticke (1968) NSEWM; Coomans et al. (1983) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Comments: Also listed as a subspecies by Usticke, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1.; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).

Conus centurio f. cruzensis Usticke, 1968, p. 12-13, pl. 2, fig. 997
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix
Range: 18°N to 17.8°N; 68°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1968) NSEWM; Usticke (1971) T; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)
Comments: Also listed as a subspecies by Usticke, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).

Conus tribunus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3377, [Martin. Conch. 2, pl. 59, fig. 655]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Kohn (1966) sT

Conus woolseyi M. Smith, 1946a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Range: 18.5°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 53 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: M. Smith (1946a) NSEWM


Partial List of References

Born, I. 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I. Testacea  [xlii] + 458 + [82] pp., 1 pl. Offficina Krausiana: Wien.
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Sander, F. 1982. A comparative study of a new variety of Conus centurio Born, 1780, from Barbados, West Indies and Conus recurvus Broderip, 1833, an east Pacific Cone Veliger 25 149-150, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Oct 1982.]
Smith, M. 1946. A new Conus from Jamaica, with notes upon Sconsia striata Nautilus 60 1-2, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Jul 1946.]
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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