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Conus consobrinus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus consobrinus was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene; Dominican Republic, Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 12803, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Conus (Chelyconus) consobrinus by Cossmann (1913); it was recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) consobrinus by Woodring (1928).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Conus consobrinus Sowerby p. 45
1906Conus scaliae Bose pp. 50-51 figs. Pl. 5: 41-43
1911Conus consobrinus Brown and Pilsbry
1913Conus (Chelyconus) consobrinus Cossmann p. 46
1917Conus consobrinus Maury p. 39
1928Conus (Leptoconus) consobrinus Woodring p. 214
1928Conus (Leptoconus) scaliae Woodring p. 215
1970Conus consobrinus Woodring p. 352
1971Conus consobrinus Jung p. 210
1988Conus consobrinus Petuch p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConus
speciesconsobrinusSowerby 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Conus scaliae Bose 1906 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:54:51
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:42:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Conus consobrinus (131222)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Conus consobrinus (58666 58667 58671 58674 58676)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Conus consobrinus (145336)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Conus consobrinus (93051 93145 93161)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Conus consobrinus (58824 74957)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador Conus consobrinus (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Conus consobrinus (88297 131220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Conus consobrinus (75041)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus consobrinus (74911 74966 74969 74971 75036 75037 75038 75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus consobrinus (58822 89170)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Oxaca) Conus scaliae (59284)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus consobrinus (74961 74964 74965 74970 80084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Conus consobrinus (58522 69090 69093 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Conus consobrinus (59420 134768)