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Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus vimineus was named by Reeve (1849) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) vimineus by Vredenburg (1921), Vredenburg (1925) and Mukerjee (1939); it was recombined as Viminiconus vimineus by Tucker and Tenorio (2009); it was recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus by Puillandre et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Conus vimineus Reeve
1921Conus (Leptoconus) vimineus Vredenburg p. 284
1925Conus (Leptoconus) vimineus Vredenburg p. 73
1939Conus (Leptoconus) vimineus Mukerjee p. 84
2009Viminiconus vimineus Tucker and Tenorio
2015Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus Puillandre et al. p. 5

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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
genusConasprella(Thiele 1929)
subgenusFusiconus(da Motta 1991)
speciesvimineus(Reeve 1849)

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.

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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: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Myanmar Conus vimineus (76583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Conus vimineus (76573 76574)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Conus vimineus (77133 77137)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Papua New Guinea Conus vimineus (78304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Conus vimineus (42311)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Conus vimineus (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Conus vimineus (78263)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Conus vimineus (78043)