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Conilithes

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy

Conilithes was named by Swainson (1840).

It was assigned to Conidae by Maxwell (1978).

Species

C. antidiluvianus, C. wollastoni, Conospirus parisiensis, Conus (Conospira) galensis

Synonyms

Conospirus was named by Gregario (1890).

It was reranked as Conus (Conospira) by Vredenburg (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Conilithes by Tracey and Todd (1996).

It was assigned to Conidae by Gregario (1890); and to Conus by Vredenburg (1921).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Conilithes Swainson
1890	Conospirus Gregario
1921	Conus (Conospira) Vredenburg p. 283
1978	Conilithes Maxwell p. 40

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Conidae	Fleming 1822
genus	Conilithes	Swainson 1840

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. †Conilithes Swainson 1840

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†Conilithes antidiluvianus Bruguière 1792

†Conilithes wollastoni Maxwell 1978

Invalid names: Conospirus Gregario 1890 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Piacenzian or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (29 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France	Conus antidiluvianus (184112)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	C. filifer (8124)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Nigeria	Conospirus parisiensis (51237 51239 51240 51241 51242 51243 51245 51246)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	New Zealand (Canterbury)	C. tahuensis (45037 45041)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Myanmar	Conus galensis (76592)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Myanmar	Conus galensis (76588)
Otaian	21.7 - 18.7	New Zealand	Conospirus huttoni (67824)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Slovakia	Conolithus antidiluvianus (160736)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Italy	Conus antidiluvianus (178108 178110)
Altonian	18.7 - 15.9	New Zealand	Conospirus huttoni (67896 67897 67899 67900)
Altonian	18.7 - 15.9	New Zealand (South Island)	C. wollastoni (205340)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Italy	Conus antidiluvianus (178114)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	New Zealand (Wairarapa)	Conospirus brockenensis (35692)
Serravallian - Tortonian	13.82 - 7.246	Italy	C. antidiluvianus (191624)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Italy	Conus antidiluvianus (78437)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Holy See (Vatican City State)	Conus antidiluvianus (209253)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Italy (Emilia-Romagna)	Conus antidiluvianus (178117)