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Conus (Leptoconus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconus was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 814]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Conus (Leptoconus) by Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Dey (1961), Petuch (1988), Harzhauser et al. (2002) and Landau et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Conus by Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Dey (1961), Petuch (1988), Harzhauser et al. (2002) and Landau et al. (2008).

Subtaxa
Conus (Leptoconus) amadis, Conus (Leptoconus) bonneti, Conus (Leptoconus) hanza, Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, Conus (Leptoconus) medialira, Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis, Conus (Leptoconus) petrolei, Conus (Leptoconus) protofurvus, Conus (Leptoconus) quilonensis, Conus (Leptoconus) safaedensis, Conus (Leptoconus) sanctaemariae, Conus (Leptoconus) tomlini, Conus (Leptoconus) yuleianus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Conus aegilops, Conus antediluvianus, Conus aristophanes, Conus babaensis, Conus bayeri, Conus berghausi, Conus bonus, Conus brunneus, Conus capitaneus, Conus centurio, Conus clavatulus, Conus cosmetulus, Conus crocea, Conus drezki, Conus emaciatus, Conus erythraeensis, Conus eversoni, Conus frigidus, Conus gembacanus, Conus glans, Conus granifer, Conus iliolus, Conus kahiko, Conus kevani, Conus kutaiensis, Conus longesperatus, Conus lucidus, Conus macneili, Conus malaccanus, Conus mercati, Conus miruchae, Conus moreleti, Conus musatella, Conus mutilatus, Conus ngavianus, Conus patriceus, Conus proliferatus, Conus protractus, Conus pseudoponderosus, Conus pygmaea, Conus raphanus, Conus regius, Conus saecularis, Conus sinensis, Conus socialis, Conus sponsalis, Conus submonilifer, Conus tallis, Conus textile, Conus vindobonensis, Conus vindobonensis, Conus whitei, Conus yabei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Leptoconus Swainson p. 312
1928Conus (Leptoconus) Woodring p. 208
1939Conus (Leptoconus) Mukerjee p. 84
1953Conus (Leptoconus) Olsson and Harbison p. 173
1958Conus (Leptoconus) DuBar p. 184
1961Conus (Leptoconus) Dey
1988Conus (Leptoconus) Petuch p. 34
2002Conus (Leptoconus) Harzhauser et al.
2002Leptoconus Sepkoski
2008Conus (Leptoconus) Landau et al. p. 456

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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
subgenusLeptoconus(Swainson 1840)

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.

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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Conus sp., Conus safaedensis (46999)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Pakistan Conus safaedensis (183868)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Conus safaedensis (183850 183936 184064)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Leptoconus edwardsi (8124)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Conus ewaldi (85445)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Conus protractus (43077)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Tamaulipas) Conus protractus (43064)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Myanmar Conus protofurvus (76592)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Conus semperi (111472 111475)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Myanmar Conus protofurvus (76588)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Myanmar Conus bonneti, Conus hanza, Conus yuleianus (76583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Conus bonneti (72084 76573 78641) Conus hanza (77652) Conus marginatus (77656) Conus quilonensis, Conus tomlini (72033) Conus viminens, Conus tomlini (72083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Conus sp. (66141)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Conus marginatus (77166)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Conus marginatus (179086)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Rio Negro) Conus patagonicus (43722)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Conus ngavianus, Conus spolongensis (70086) Conus spolongensis (70085)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Conus elongatus (38823)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Conus marginatus (58824)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Conus springvaleensis, Conus medialira (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Conus amadis (77133 77137 77143 77154)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Conus sanctaemariae (92325)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Conus mompichensis (131293 131333 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus marginatus (58821)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Conus petrolei (109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Conus marginatus (134657)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Conus ngavianus (70105)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Conus aulacophorus, Conus cosmetulus, Conus karikalensis, Conus bonneti (77658)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Conus robertsi, Conus waccamawensis (79333) Conus waccamawensis (79331 79334 79335)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Conus amadis (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Conus amadis (55401)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Conus sennottorum (35031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Conus amadis (101543)