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Chelyconus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Chelyconus was named by Mörch (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. Its type is Conus testudinarius.

It was reranked as Conus (Cheliconus) by Toula (1911); it was reranked as Conus (Chelyconus) by Cossmann (1913), Woodring (1928), Abrard (1946), Addicott (1970), Marasti (1973); it was reranked as Conus (Chelyoconus) by Mandic and Steininger (2003).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Conus by Toula (1911), Cossmann (1913), Woodring (1928), Abrard (1946), Addicott (1970), Marasti (1973), Mandic and Steininger (2003); and to Conidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Chelyconus Mörch p. 69
1911Conus (Cheliconus) Toula p. 507
1913Conus (Chelyconus) Cossmann p. 46
1928Conus (Chelyconus) Woodring p. 207
1946Conus (Chelyconus) Abrard p. 100
1970Conus (Chelyconus) Addicott p. 122
1973Conus (Chelyconus) Marasti p. 97
2002Chelyconus Sepkoski
2003Conus (Chelyoconus) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2011Chelyconus Bouchet et al. p. 275

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusChelyconusMörch 1852

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.

G. Chelyconus Mörch 1852
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†Conus (Chelyconus) minbuensis Vredenburg 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:46
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Conus umbgrovei (70082)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Conus owenianus (11601)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (California) Conus owenianus (37516)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Conus oweniana (238174 238178 238183) Conus owenianus (94853 94857) Pyruconus owenianus (196138)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Conus aquensis (111599)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Conus tokunagai, Conus sp. (176560)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Conus owenianus (206393 237499 237565)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Conus jenkinsi (63040)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Conus fuscocingulatus (86875 86908) Conus ponderosus, Conus rotundus, Conus raristriatus (123125) Conus rotundus (178040)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia Conus fuscocingulatus (73137 73140)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia (West Java) C. dingleanus, C. jenkinsi (179626)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Conus enjesfeldensis, Conus fuscocingulatus, Conus pelagicus (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Conus suessi, Conus vindobonensis, Conus ponderosus (34739)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye Conus fuscocingulatus (179778)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Conus enjesfeldensis, Conus fuscocingulatus, Conus pelagicus (72310)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) C. tokunagai (176546)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Conus haughtoni, Conus proliferatus (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Conus jenkinsi (70077 70100)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Conus federalis (41552)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) C. socialis (45344)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Conus umbgrovei (229827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Conus pelagicus (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Conus socialis, Conus jenkinsi (70105)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Conus pelagicus (72414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain Conus testudinarius (176765)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Conus testudinarius (128324)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Conus testudinarius (128385 176764)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) Conus testudinarius (92710)