Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Abbreviations Used in the Text 7

1 Setting the Stage: Approaches 9

2 Setting the Stage: The Geological Theater and the Evolutionary Play 18

3 This Book and How to Use it 32

4 Behind the Scenes:

Technical Aids to the Species Accounts 44

5 Species Accounts 56

Conus granulatus Linnaeus 56

Conus glenni Petuch 62

Conus ritae Petuch 64

Conus jaspideus Gmelin 67

Conus pealii Green 74

Conus stearnsii Conrad 80

Conus pusio Hwass in Bruguière 84

Conus mindanus Hwass in Bruguière 89

Conus bahamensis Vink and Röckel 95

Conus puncticulatus Hwass in Bruguière 97

Conus mazei Deshayes 106

Conus rainesae McGinty 114

Conus janowskyae (Tucker and Tenorio) 117

Conus armiger Crosse 120

Conus sauros Garcia 126

Conus lenhilli Cargile 129

Conus delessertii Récluz 130

Conus centurio Born 137

Conus cedonulli Linnaeus 146

Conus pseudaurantius Vink and von Cosel 156

Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière 160

Conus mappa [Lightfoot] 164

Conus curassaviensis Bruguière 174

Conus regius Gmelin 178

Conus cardinalis Hwass in Bruguière 188

Conus arangoi Sarasua 204

Conus explorator Vink 206

Conus hieroglyphus Duclos 209

Conus ziczac Megerle von Mühlfeld 212

Conus sahlbergi da Motta and Harland 217

Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière 226

Conus amphiurgus Dall 239

Conus sanderi Wils and Moolenbeek 250

Conus eversoni Petuch 255

C. ceruttii Cargile 257

Conus ignotus Cargile 260

Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguière 264

Conus stimpsoni Dall 274

Conus villepinii Fischer and Bernardi 281

Conus attenuatus Reeve 288

Conus flavescens Sowerby I 296

Conus cingulatus Lamarck 302

Conus largillierti Kiener 306

Conus anabathrum Crosse 312

Conus gibsonsmithorum Petuch 324

Conus garciai da Motta 329

Conus harlandi Petuch 334

Conus sunderlandi Petuch 340

Conus spurius Gmelin 345

Conus mus Hwass in Bruguière 358

Conus patae Abbott 363

Conus ermineus Born 367

Conus lightbourni Petuch 379

Nomina dubia 382

6 Synthesis and Conclusions 395

Appendix 1. Molecular Phylogeny of Conus 419

Appendix 2. Morphology-Based Phylogeny of Conus 422

General Glossary 425

Bibliography 431

Index of Species-group Names 449

General Index 453