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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus mus Hwass, 1792


Range: 34.3°N to 9.4°N; 97.28°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0 to 18 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 43.5  mm

Synonymy

Conus citrinus auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Conus barbadensis auct. non Hwass, 1792
Conus mus Hwass, 1792
Leptoconus mus (Hwass, 1792) 

Details


Conus mus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792a, p. 630, [1798, pl. 320, fig. 9]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Guadeloupe
Range: 34.3°N to 9.4°N; 97.28°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0 to 18 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 43.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Holguin; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Guadeloupe, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Barbados
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) {E}; F. C. Baker (1891) D{L}; Dautzenberg (1900); Lyman (1937) {N}; Moore (1958b) W; J. B. Lewis (1960) E; Kohn (1968) MT; Radwin (1969) S; Díaz (1990) {D}; Mark Johnson (pers. comm. 13 July 1998) N; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001) DL; Vegas Torres (2004)
Comments: To 26.5°N in Florida (Lyman 1937).
Combining Genera:  Leptoconus

Conus barbadensis auct. non Hwass, 1792, 
[Not available]
References: Coomans et al. (1982) s
Comments: Misidentification by Hwass (1792); the lectotype of C. barbadensis is Conus miliaris; the paralectotype is C. mus.

Conus citrinus auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, New Providence, Eleuthera, San Salvador (Watling Is.), Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Puerto Rico: Mona Island
Comments: Misidentification by Clench (1942, 1953b).


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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