Conus nisus  (Orbigny, 1847)

 

 

In 1817, Dillwyn had already described Conus nisus, but it was a Conus cinereus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792), so the name was available.

 

In 1835 Grateloup (3) described a fossil specimen from Dax, which he misidentified as the estant Conus puncticulatus. Realizing the error, Orbigny (1) redefined the figure of Grateloup as Conus nisus.

 

In 1846, Kiener described another Conus nisus, but due to the earlier definitions of Dillwyn and Orbigny, this species has been redefined as Conus amplus (Röckel & Korn, 1992).

 

 

Conus puncticulatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Primary Type Image

Conus puncticulatus

Lecyotype MHNG 1107/40

mm. 27 x 17

Panama

C. puncticulatus (Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792)

Grateloup, 1835, pl. 2,fig. 16 (non Lamarck). Dax, chemin de Mandillot 

 

= Misidentification of 

C. puncticulatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792

 

 

 


Bibliografia Consultata

 

·         (1) – Orbigny.  Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques n.3

·         (2) - Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 –757

·         (3) - Grateloup, [J. B. P. S.], 1847. Conchyliologie Fossile des Terrains Tertiares du Bassin de l'Adour, (Environs de Dax), Atlas. vol. i. Conus

·         (4) - Röckel, D., and Korn, W., 1992. New Species and Subspecies of the Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) from the Indo-Pacific. Acta Conchyliorum, 3: 5 -29

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