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Californiconus californicus (California cone)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus californicus was named by Reeve (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Californiconus californicus by Puillandre et al. (2015), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Conus californicus Hinds
1844Conus californicus Reeve
1852Conus ravus Gould pp. 386 - 387 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 21
1895Conus californicus Ashley p. 342
1931Conus californicus Grant, IV and Gale
1959Conus californicus Addicott and Emerson p. 15
2015Californiconus californicus Puillandre et al. p. 4
2021Californiconus californicus Hendy

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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
genusCaliforniconusTucker and Tenorio 2009
speciescalifornicus(Reeve 1844)

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.

Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 [California cone]
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Invalid names: Conus ravus Gould 1852 [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: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Conus californicus (96903 96911 97230 97231 97233 97235 97240 97241 97242 97401 97403 97404 208580)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Conus californicus (237390 237392)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Californiconus californicus (239465 239470) Conus californicus (200398 200403 238421 238435 238437 238460 238605)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Conus californicus (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Conus californicus (237590)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Conus californicus (202495 202496 223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Conus californicus (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Conus californicus (201624 237604 237610 240572 240577)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Conus californicus (96565)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Conus californicus (96590 96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Conus californicus (37933 37937 37938 37939 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Conus californicus (71051 96894 202492 202493 202494 202636 202637 202644 203095 203108 203113 203114 222663 222664 222665 222666 222995 222998 223327 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Conus californicus (222646 223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Conus californicus (89573 194399 194407 194546)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Conus californicus (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643 226464 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Conus californicus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Conus californicus (59063 96566 96895 96936 96937 96939 160361 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222674 226458 240554 240555 240593 240594 240595 240600 240602 240603 240604 240612 240613 240614 240615 240621 240635 240636 240643 240644 240646 240647 240648 240650 240661)