Cone Collector’s Guide: What’s New 2021

Any significant news and changes in 2021 are summarised here and they will be integrated as appropriate into the next release of the main files of the Paul Kersten checklist on this website. These main files were last updated in December 2021.

Events reported up to December 2020 from the launch of the website, will be found in the other WhatsNew sections of this website.

New cone Profundiconus rashafunensis from Ras Hafun, Somalia described by Luigi Bozzetti is published in Malcologia 113. Holotype 61mm not deposited but retained by author. Similar to C. neotorquatus but has a distinctive flat to recessed protoconch.

Holotype 61mm	Protoconch

Also in the same publication , Bozzetti describes a new cone Conus tessulatus s.sp. uniformis  from southern Madagascar Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 113: 8-9. Holotype not deposited; retained by author.

Holotype 42mm

Also in Malacologia 113, Cossignani & Allaryi introduce a new cone from the Reunion area of the Indian Ocean. Conus barthelemyi s.sp peterstimpsoni. This should not be confused with Conus peterstimpsoni described by Cossignani and Allaryi in 2021.

Holotype 62mm MNHN

Conus laccadivensis published on line by Laxmilatha, P.; Ameri, S.; Labeeb, K.; Ranjith, L.; Kathirvelpandian, A. (2021). A new species of cone snail, Conus laccadivensis sp. nov.: (Gastropoda: Conidae) from the Islands of Lakshadweep Archipelago. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 44: 101783: 1-7.

C. laccadivensis figures

Conus ngaorum published by N. Thach in a new book - New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells, Freshwater,Land snails. Type locality is Nha Trang area Vietnam.

Book contains 116 new species and subspecies.

Holotype MNHN 92.6mm

Conus(Asprella) neocostatus Olivera, B., Watkins, M., Puillandre, N. & Tenorio, M.J. (2021) is described in “Hidden diversity in the Asprella clade: description of Conus (Asprella) neocostatus sp. nov. Xenophora Taxonomy. 33: 22-29.

Holotype

Conus (Phasmoconus) rokokorum (Monnier, Prugnaud & Limpalaër, 2021) is described in

Xenophora Taxonomy. 32: 3-17.page(s): 3, textfigs, pl. 1 figs 0-15. This new species is from the Solomon Islands.

Holotype

Conus tessulatus f. olango described by L. Bozzetti in Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 111

The ICZN code does not permit forms to be described after 1960. An invalid name; a specimen of C. tessulatus

Figured specimen

Conus peterstimpsoni (T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021)

Tenorioconus peterstimpsoni was described from Venezuela in Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 111: 10-11. Type in Peter Stimpson Shell Museum

Holotype 28.87mm

New Cone from Chinde, Mozambique Conus (Phasmoconus) chindeensis Monnier, Prugnaud & Limpalaër, 2021 published in Xenophora Taxonomy 31, P. 3 – 24, Fig. 1 & 4, Pl. 1 – 3.

Holotype MNHN 53.97x24.98mm

Two new cones from Bahia province Brasil described by Crabos, O., Oliveira, G.S.P., Almeida L.P. de & Queiroz, G.P. de. 2021 in Xenophora Taxonomy 32. Jaspidiconus gregorioi and Jaspiciconus laudelinoi, also considered to be part of the Conasprella group. Type specimens deposited in MZSP.

Conasprella gregorioi Holotype 14x7.2mm	Conasprella laudelinoi Holotype 14 x 8mm

Two new cones from Bahia Province Brasil described by Crabos, O., Oliveira, G.S.P., Almeida L.P. de & Queiroz, G.P. de. 2021 in Festivus. 53(2): 109-115. Jaspidiconus tinharensis and Jaspidiconus vanini also considered to be part of the Conasprella group. Type specimens deposited in MZSP.

C.tinharensis Holotype 20.6 x 9.9mm	C.vanini Holotype 26.7x 12.5mm

Two new cones from East Cape South Africa by Roy Aiken. Floraconus(Sciteconus) markpagei and Floraconus(Sciteconus) mosterti were described in Festivus 53(1) 11-17. Type specimens in NMSA.

C. markpagei holotype 22.2 x 12.6mm	C. mosterti holotype 20.8 x 11.3mm

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