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Leptoconus
Taxonomy
Leptoconus was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 814]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Conus (Leptoconus) by Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Dey (1961), Petuch (1988), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Landau et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Conus by Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Dey (1961), Petuch (1988), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Landau et al. (2008); and to Conidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).
It was reranked as Conus (Leptoconus) by Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Dey (1961), Petuch (1988), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Landau et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Conus by Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Dey (1961), Petuch (1988), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Landau et al. (2008); and to Conidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).
Species
Conus (Leptoconus) amadis, Conus (Leptoconus) bonneti, Conus (Leptoconus) hanza, Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, Conus (Leptoconus) medialira, Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis, Conus (Leptoconus) petrolei, Conus (Leptoconus) protofurvus, Conus (Leptoconus) quilonensis, Conus (Leptoconus) safaedensis, Conus (Leptoconus) sanctaemariae, Conus (Leptoconus) tomlini, Conus (Leptoconus) yuleianus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Conus arcuatus, Conus aulacophorus, Conus cosmetulus, Conus elongatus, Conus ewaldi, Conus jaspideus, Conus karikalensis, Conus ngavianus, Conus patagonicus, Conus protractus, Conus robertsi, Conus semperi, Conus sennottorum, Conus spolongensis, Conus springvaleensis, Conus viminens, Conus vimineus, Conus waccamawensis, L. edwardsi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Leptoconus Swainson p. 312 |
| 1928 | Conus (Leptoconus) Woodring p. 208 |
| 1939 | Conus (Leptoconus) Mukerjee p. 84 |
| 1953 | Conus (Leptoconus) Olsson and Harbison p. 173 |
| 1958 | Conus (Leptoconus) DuBar p. 184 |
| 1961 | Conus (Leptoconus) Dey |
| 1988 | Conus (Leptoconus) Petuch p. 34 |
| 2002 | Conus (Leptoconus) Harzhauser et al. |
| 2002 | Leptoconus Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Conus (Leptoconus) Landau et al. p. 456 |
| 2011 | Leptoconus Bouchet et al. p. 276 |
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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. Leptoconus Swainson 1840
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Conus (Leptoconus) amadis Martini 1773
†Conus (Leptoconus) bonneti Cossmann 1900
†Conus (Leptoconus) hanza Noetling 1901
†Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Sowerby 1839
†Conus (Leptoconus) medialira Vokes 1938
†Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis Olsson 1964
†Conus (Leptoconus) petrolei Martin 1933
†Conus (Leptoconus) protofurvus Noetling 1901
†Conus (Leptoconus) quilonensis Dey 1961
†Conus (Leptoconus) safaedensis Eames 1952
†Conus (Leptoconus) sanctaemariae Petuch 1988
†Conus (Leptoconus) tomlini Dey 1961
†Conus (Leptoconus) yuleianus Noetling 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (51 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | India (Rajasthan) | Conus sp., Conus safaedensis (46999) | |
| Eocene | Pakistan | Conus safaedensis (183868) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | L. edwardsi (8124) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan | Conus safaedensis (183850 183936 184064) | |
| Priabonian | Bulgaria (Burgas) | Conus ewaldi (85445) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Conus protractus (43077) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Conus protractus (43064) | |
| Rupelian | Myanmar | Conus protofurvus (76592) | |
| Chattian | Myanmar | Conus protofurvus (76588) | |
| Chattian | Denmark | Conus semperi (111472 111475) | |
| Aquitanian | Myanmar | Conus bonneti, Conus hanza, Conus yuleianus (76583) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Conus bonneti (72084 76573 78641) Conus hanza (77652) Conus marginatus (77656) Conus quilonensis, Conus tomlini (72033) Conus viminens, Conus tomlini (72083) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Peru | Conus sp. (66141) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Pakistan | Conus marginatus (77166) | |
| Burdigalian | India (Gujarat) | Conus marginatus (179086) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Conus patagonicus (43722) | |
| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | Conus ngavianus, Conus spolongensis (70086) Conus spolongensis (70085) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Conus elongatus (38823) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Conus sanctaemariae (92325) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Conus springvaleensis, Conus medialira (81976) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan | Conus amadis (77133 77137 77143 77154) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Conus marginatus (58824) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador | Conus mompichensis (131293 131333 131334) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Conus marginatus (58821) | |
| Zanclean | Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) | Conus petrolei (109175) | |
| Pliocene | India | Conus aulacophorus, Conus cosmetulus, Conus karikalensis, Conus bonneti (77658) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Conus marginatus (134657) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Conus ngavianus (70105) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Conus robertsi, Conus waccamawensis (79333) Conus waccamawensis (79331 79334 79335) | |
| Pleistocene | Pakistan | Conus amadis (55401) | |
| Pleistocene | Sudan | Conus amadis (101414) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Conus sennottorum (35031) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | Conus amadis (101543) |