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Conus consobrinus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus consobrinus was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene; Dominican Republic, Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 12803, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Conus (Chelyconus) consobrinus by Cossmann (1913); it was recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) consobrinus by Woodring (1928).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Conus consobrinus Sowerby p. 45
1906Conus scaliae Bose pp. 50-51 figs. Pl. 5: 41-43
1911Conus consobrinus Brown and Pilsbry
1913Conus (Chelyconus) consobrinus Cossmann p. 46
1917Conus consobrinus Maury p. 39
1928Conus (Leptoconus) consobrinus Woodring p. 214
1928Conus (Leptoconus) scaliae Woodring p. 215
1970Conus consobrinus Woodring p. 352
1971Conus consobrinus Jung p. 210
1988Conus consobrinus Petuch p. 157

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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
genusConus
speciesconsobrinusSowerby 1850

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 consobrinus Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Conus scaliae Bose 1906 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available