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Lithoconus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Conus (Lithoconus) Mörch p. 66
1913Conus (Lithoconus) Cossmann p. 41
1921Conus (Lithoconus) Vredenburg p. 137
1922Conus (Lithoconus) Woods p. 108
1928Conus (Lithoconus) Woodring p. 203
1946Conus (Lithoconus) Abrard p. 100
1947Conus (Lithoconus) Harris and Palmer p. 444
1953Conus (Lithoconus) Olsson and Harbison p. 171
1961Conus (Lithoconus) Dey
1967Conus (Lithoconus) Abbass p. 119
1970Conus (Lithoconus) Addicott p. 124
1991Tesselliconus da Motta
2002Conus (Lithoconus) Harzhauser et al.
2002Lithoconus Sepkoski
2003Conus (Lithoconus) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2008Conus (Lithoconus) Landau et al. p. 456
2009Conus (Lithoconus) Harzhauser et al. p. 354
2011Lithoconus Bouchet et al. p. 276

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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
genusLithoconus(Mörch 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. Lithoconus Mörch 1852
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†Conus (Lithoconus) brevis Sowerby 1840
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Invalid names: Conus (Lithoconus) militaris Sowerby 1840 [synonym], Conus catenulatus Sowerby 1840 [synonym]
†Conus (Lithoconus) hardi Martin 1879
†Conus (Lithoconus) ickei Martin 1906
†Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus Michelotti 1861
†Lithoconus antiquus Lamarck 1810
Invalid names: Tesselliconus da Motta 1991 [synonym]
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 Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Conus sp. (205440)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Conus colossus (184033)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Conus cairoensis (2955)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Conus colossus (88341)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan (Balochistan) Conus colossus (206558)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Conus sp. (205414)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Conus snithvillensis (205508)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Somalia Conus brevis (78566)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3New Zealand Conus triangularis (67928)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Somalia Conus ineditus (79048)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Conus ineditus (77450)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Myanmar Conus ineditus (76590)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Conus ineditus (77159)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04India Conus brevis (111233)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Myanmar Conus ineditus (76588)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Oman Conus antiquus (75608)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Myanmar Conus kyudawonensis (76584 76585) Conus myaukmigoensis (76593 76595)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Conus ineditus (72084 78641) Conus litteratus (77654) Conus nganianus, Conus odengensis, Conus brevis (72033) Conus odengensis, Conus ineditus, Conus decollatus, Conus kyudawonensis (76574) Conus odengensis, Conus ineditus, Conus kyudawonensis (76573)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Conus antiquus (79097) Conus brevis (78905)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Conus brevis (77166 77169 77170 77172) Conus ineditus (77457 77458 77459) Conus odengensis (77171)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sri Lanka Conus litteratus (77648 77650) Conus subbrevis, Conus litteratus (77646)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Conus odengensis, Conus brevis (179086)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Conus antiquus (178108 178110)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Sri Lanka Conus litteratus (77477 77478) Conus subbrevis, Conus litteratus (77475)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Türkiye Conus antiquus (78548)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Conus odengensis (63040) Conus pamotanensis, Conus odengensis, Conus decollatus (70085) Conus pamotanensis, Conus odengensis, Conus hardi (70081) Conus pamotanensis, Conus vandijki, Conus hardi (70086)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Conus tessellatus (68186)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia Conus brevis (79082)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India Conus ieditus (78614) Conus sp., Conus kyndiawoensis, Conus odengensis (72085)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Conus berghausi (123125) Conus mercati (86908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Conus antiquus (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia (West Java) Conus odengensis (179626)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Conus antiquus (37377)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Conus antiquus (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Conus djarianensis (77133 77137 77143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Conus djarianensis (42170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Conus djarianensis, Conus hardi (70077) Conus hardi (70101) Conus odengensis (70083) Conus odengensis, Conus decollatus, Conus djarianensis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (42173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Conus litteratus (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Conus decollatus (42310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Philippines Conus djarianensis, Conus hardi (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Conus couvaensis (60408 60637 81976)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (42181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Conus litteratus (161785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Conus litteratus (78060)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Vanuatu Conus odengensis (77904)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Conus maldivus, Conus ngavianus, Conus litteratus (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan Conus brevis (55398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Conus odengensis (46490)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (26654)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Conus litteratus (77528)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Conus odengensis (70105)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Conus djarianensis (72094 72096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) L. duidi (79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Conus sp. (58522)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (42178 42185)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Conus suproides (79331 79333 79335)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan Conus djarianensis (96271 96276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Conus litteratus (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Conus litteratus (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Conus litteratus (81072 81075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Conus tessellatus (96787 96789)