Conus villepinii

Original type figure / illustration from 1857.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Conoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Neogastropoda Superfamilia: Conoidea

Familia: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Subgenus: Leptoconus
Species: Conus villepinii

Name

Conus villepinii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 (Journal de Conch. 5, 292, pl. 9 fig. 12)

Type locality: Deep water off Marie Galante de Guadeloupe, French West Indies.

Holotype: Orginally in the Beau & Schramm collection, but since lost.
A neotype has recently been proposed.

Synonyms

• Conasprelloides villepinii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
• Conasprelloides villepinii fosteri (Clench, 1942)
• Conasprelloides villepinii villepinii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
• Conus (Dauciconus) villepinii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 · accepted, alternate representation
• Conus fosteri Clench, 1942
• Conus perprotractus Petuch, 1987
• Conus sorenseni Sander, 1982
• Conus villepinii fosteri Clench, 1942
• Conus villepinii guadalupensis Bozzetti, 2017
• Conus villepinii villepinii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
• Sandericonus hunti (Wils & Moolenbeek, 1979)
• Sandericonus perprotractus (Petuch, 1987)
• Sandericonus sorenseni (Sander, 1982)

References

Primary references

• Fischer, P. & Bernardi, A.C. 1857. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 5(3): 292–300. BHL

Additional references

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.

Links

• Conus villepinii in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

English: Villepin's Cone

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