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Conus (Lithoconus) mercatii sharpeanus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus sharpeanus was named by Pereira da Costa (1866).

It was recombined as Conus (Lithoconus) mercatii sharpeanus by Henriques da Silva (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. abbreviatus, C. achatina, C. acueliformis, C. ambiguus, C. amekiensis, C. anemone, C. angosturis, C. antediluvianus, C. aquensis, C. arcuatus, C. aristophanes, C. aristos, C. aurora, C. australis, C. avellana, C. babaensis, C. balteatus, C. basteroti, C. bayeri, C. belus, C. berghausi, C. bitorosus, C. bonus, C. bredai, C. brocchii, C. brunneus, C. burckhardti, C. californicus, C. camaronus, C. canaliculatus, C. capitaneus, C. centurio, C. charigi, C. cinererus, C. cinereus, C. clavatulus, C. comatosaeformis, C. conditorius, C. conoponderosus, C. consobrinus, C. consorbrinus, C. cormacki, C. cosmetelus, C. cosmetulus, C. cossmetulus, C. crenulatus, C. crocea, C. cucuminatus, C. dennanti, C. designatus, C. dorreensis, C. drezki, C. dujardini, C. dujardinii, C. elongatus, C. emaciatus, C. emarginatus, C. erbi, C. erythraeensis, C. esmeraldus, C. evergladensis, C. eversoni, C. everwijni, C. excelsus, C. fenestratus, C. fennemai, C. frigidus, C. gastaldii, C. gastriculus, C. gembacanus, C. geographus, C. gerthi, C. glans, C. glaucus, C. gloriamaris, C. gracilis, C. grangeri, C. granifer, C. granopsis, C. granulari, C. gratacapi, C. gubernator, C. gypsus, C. hatensis, C. horni, C. hornii, C. hulshofi, C. iliolus, C. imitator, C. imitatus, C. improvidus, C. infrenatus, C. insculptus, C. isomitratus, C. kahiko, C. kevani, C. kieneri, C. kikaiensis, C. kimioi, C. kutaiensis, C. laeviponderosus, C. latissimus, C. lignarius, C. litoglyphus, C. longesperatus, C. loochooensis, C. macarae, C. macneili, C. malaccanus, C. marginata, C. marii, C. marksi, C. mediterraneaus, C. menengtenganus, C. menkrawitensis, C. miliaris, C. miruchae, C. moilifer, C. mompichiensis, C. montisclavus, C. moreleti, C. mozambicus, C. mucronatolaevis, C. mucronatus, C. mucronatus, C. mucronatus, C. multilineatus, C. multiliratus, C. multiliratus, C. mus, C. musatella, C. musica, C. mutilatus, C. nanus, C. ngavianus, C. niasensis, C. nux, C. obesus, C. oblongoturbinatus, C. obscura, C. ochroleucus, C. odengensis, C. ornatissima, C. ornatissimus, C. pachecoi, C. pamotanensis, C. papilionaceus, C. parisiensis, C. parius, C. parvecatenatus, C. parvicaudatus, C. patriceus, C. pelagicus, C. pennaceus, C. pirabensis, C. pirula, C. planiceps, C. planiceps, C. planispira, C. plicarius, C. ponderosulcatus, C. ponderosus, C. ponderous, C. praecellens, C. praelatus, C. precancellatus, C. primitivus, C. priscus, C. proliferatus, C. prometheus, C. protractus, C. pseudoamoricus, C. pseudoponderosus, C. pulcher, C. pulicarius, C. puschii, C. pygmaea, C. pyruloides, C. querciniformis, C. radiatus, C. raphanus, C. raristriatus, C. recluzianus, C. recurvus, C. regius, C. rembangenss, C. remondi, C. restitutus, C. retifer, C. riosantiagensis, C. ritteredgei, C. saecularis, C. santalucrezianus, C. schech, C. semperi, C. shimajiriensis, C. sieboldianus, C. sielboldianus, C. sindangbaranensis, C. sinensis, C. socialis, C. sondeianus, C. sponsalis, C. striatulus, C. stromboideus, C. subalsionus, C. sulcatus, C. sulcatus, C. sulcatus, C. sulciferus, C. sumatrensis, C. sundaicus, C. taeniatus, C. tallis, C. taurinensis, C. terebra, C. textile, C. tiarattis, C. timorensis, C. tokunagai, C. tortuosotriatus, C. traversianus, C. trigonulus, C. varius, C. ventricosus, C. veridicus, C. verucosus, C. vexillum, C. vindobonensis, C. virgatus, C. virginalis, C. virgo, C. voluminalis, C. waccamawensis, C. walli, C. whitei, C. wiedenmayeri, C. yabei, C. yanuyanuensis, C. zebra, C. prelepidus, C. toyamaensis, C. fuscocingulatus, C. aquensis, C. clavatulus, C. enjesfeldensis, C. fuscocingulatus, C. haughtoni, C. pelagicus, C. ponderosus, C. proliferatus, C. raristriatus, C. rotundus, C. socialis, C. suessi, C. tokunagai, C. vindobonensis, C. vindobonensis, C. antediluvianus, C. dujardin, C. dujardini, C. dujardini, C. tiaratus, C. restitutus, C. regius, C. tjilonganensis, C. waccamawensis, C. pennaceus, C. omaria, C. betulinoides, C. erythraeensis, C. hamiltonensis, C. juttingae, C. lineatus, C. scabriculus, C. epiensis, C. nassatella, C. terebra, C. arntzenii, C. arcuatus, C. aulacophorus, C. cosmetulus, C. elongatus, C. ewaldi, C. jaspideus, C. karikalensis, C. ngavianus, C. patagonicus, C. protractus, C. robertsi, C. semperi, C. sennottorum, C. spolongensis, C. springvaleensis, C. viminens, C. vimineus, C. waccamawensis, C. berghausi, C. ieditus, C. kyndiawoensis, C. maldivus, C. nganianus, C. ngavianus, C. odengenesis, C. odengensis, C. pamotanensis, C. snithvillensis, C. subbrevis, C. suproides, C. tessellatus, C. triangularis, C. vandijki, C. sharmiensis, C. erythraeensis, C. ponterosus, C. pyrula, C. sumatrensis, C. crenulatus, C. orcagnae, C. miamiensis, Lithoconus duidi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Conus sharpeanus Pereira da Costa
1956Conus (Lithoconus) mercatii sharpeanus Henriques da Silva p. 41 figs. Pl 6, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConus(Mörch 1852)
subgenusLithoconus
speciesmercatii(Brocchi 1814)
subspeciessharpeanus(Pereira da Costa 1866)

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.

Conus (Lithoconus) mercatii sharpeanus Pereira da Costa 1866
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sao Tome and Principe Conus mercatii (241058)