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Conus (Lithoconus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Conus (Lithoconus) Mörch p. 66
1913Conus (Lithoconus) Cossmann p. 41
1921Conus (Lithoconus) Vredenburg p. 137
1922Conus (Lithoconus) Woods p. 108
1928Conus (Lithoconus) Woodring p. 203
1946Conus (Lithoconus) Abrard p. 100
1947Conus (Lithoconus) Harris and Palmer p. 444
1953Conus (Lithoconus) Olsson and Harbison p. 171
1961Conus (Lithoconus) Dey
1967Conus (Lithoconus) Abbass p. 119
1970Conus (Lithoconus) Addicott p. 124
2002Conus (Lithoconus) Harzhauser et al.
2002Lithoconus Sepkoski
2003Conus (Lithoconus) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2008Conus (Lithoconus) Landau et al. p. 456
2009Conus (Lithoconus) Harzhauser et al. p. 354

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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
subgenusLithoconusMörch 1852

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.

Subg. Conus (Lithoconus) Mörch 1852
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Conus (Lithoconus) brevis Sowerby 1840
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Invalid names: Conus (Lithoconus) militaris Sowerby 1840 [synonym], Conus catenulatus Sowerby 1840 [synonym]
Conus (Lithoconus) hardi Martin 1879
Conus (Lithoconus) ickei Martin 1906
Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus Michelotti 1861
Lithoconus antiquus Lamarck 1810
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:54:51
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:42:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Conus cairoensis (2955)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Conus colossus (184033)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Conus sp. (205440)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Conus snithvillensis (205508)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Conus colossus (88341)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan (Balochistan) Conus colossus (206558)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Conus sp. (205414)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia Conus brevis (78566)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Conus ineditus (77450)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4New Zealand Conus triangularis (67928)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia Conus ineditus (79048)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Myanmar Conus odengensis, Conus ineditus (76590)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Conus ineditus (77159)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Myanmar Conus odengenesis, Conus ineditus (76588)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman Conus antiquus (75608)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03India Conus brevis (111233)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Myanmar Conus kyudawonensis (76584 76585) Conus myaukmigoensis (76593 76595) Conus odengensis (76583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Conus ineditus (72084 78641) Conus litteratus (77654) Conus nganianus, Conus odengensis, Conus brevis (72033) Conus odengensis, Conus ineditus, Conus decollatus, Conus kyudawonensis (76574) Conus odengensis, Conus ineditus, Conus kyudawonensis (76573)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Sri Lanka Conus litteratus (77648 77650) Conus subbrevis, Conus litteratus (77646)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Conus antiquus (79097) Conus brevis (78905)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Conus brevis (77166 77169 77170 77172) Conus ineditus (77457 77458 77459) Conus odengensis (77171)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Sri Lanka Conus litteratus (77477 77478) Conus subbrevis, Conus litteratus (77475)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Conus odengensis, Conus brevis (179086)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Conus antiquus (178108 178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey Conus antiquus (78548)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Conus ieditus (78614) Conus sp., Conus kyndiawoensis, Conus odengensis (72085)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Conus tessellatus (68186)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Conus odengensis (63040) Conus pamotanensis, Conus odengensis, Conus decollatus (70085) Conus pamotanensis, Conus odengensis, Conus hardi (70081) Conus pamotanensis, Conus vandijki, Conus hardi (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Conus brevis (79082)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia (West Java) Conus odengensis (179626)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Conus mercati, Conus antiquus (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Conus berghausi (123125) Conus mercati (86908)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Conus antiquus (37377)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Conus mercati, Conus antiquus (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Conus litteratus (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Conus couvaensis (60408 60637 81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Conus djarianensis, Conus hardi (70077) Conus hardi (70101) Conus odengensis (70083) Conus odengensis, Conus decollatus, Conus djarianensis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (42173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Conus djarianensis (42170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Conus decollatus (42310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Conus djarianensis (77133 77137 77143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines Conus djarianensis, Conus hardi (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (42181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Conus litteratus (78060)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Conus litteratus (161785)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Conus maldivus, Conus ngavianus, Conus litteratus (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu Conus odengensis (77904)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan Conus brevis (55398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Conus odengensis (70105)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Conus odengensis (46490)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (26654)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Conus litteratus (77528)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Conus djarianensis (72094 72096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Lithoconus duidi (79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Conus sp. (58522)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan (Okinawa) Conus litteratus (42178 42185)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Conus djarianensis (96271 96276)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Conus suproides (79331 79333 79335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Conus litteratus (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117French Polynesia Conus litteratus (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Kenya Conus litteratus (81072 81075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Djibouti Conus tessellatus (96787 96789)