Chelyconus ermineus ( Born, 1778 )

Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663), pp. 1-89 : 47-48

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.663

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E7049C-F592-4D01-9D15-C7715119B584

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14370481

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-3077-FFA9-FDB0-FC2DFC7D0D98

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Chelyconus ermineus ( Born, 1778 )
status

 

Chelyconus ermineus ( Born, 1778) View in CoL

Fig. 6L View Fig

Conus ermineus Born, 1778: 141 View in CoL .

Conus oculatus Gmelin, 1791: 3387 View in CoL .

Conus testudinarius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 694 View in CoL .

Conus eques Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 705 View in CoL .

Conus luzonicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 706 View in CoL .

Conus portoricanus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792: 714 View in CoL .

Cucullus barathrum Röding, 1798: 43 View in CoL .

Cucullus crucifer Röding, 1798: 48 View in CoL .

Cucullus cutisanguina Röding, 1798: 48 View in CoL .

Conus coerulescens Schröter, 1803: 67 View in CoL .

Conus leaeneus Link, 1807: 103 View in CoL .

Conus narcissus Lamarck, 1810: 281 View in CoL .

Conus coerulescens Dillwyn, 1817: 368 View in CoL .

Conus aspersus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 View in CoL : pl. 28, fig. 16.

Conus caerulans Küster, 1838 View in CoL : pl. 14, figs 3–4.

Conus grayi Reeve, 1844 View in CoL : pl. 46. sp. 258, a–c.

Conus inquinatus Reeve, 1849 View in CoL : pl. 5, sp. 251.

Conus rudis Weinkauff, 1873: 158 View in CoL , pl. 10, figs 1–2.

Conus verrucosus piraticus Clench, 1942: 14 View in CoL , pl. 11, fig. 1.

Conus perryae Clench, 1942: 31 View in CoL , pl. 15, fig. 5.

Conus ermineus View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 41, pls 14–16.

Material examined

Lectotype

Lectotype in NHMW. Type locality not mentioned in 1778 in the original description .

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Maio Island, Praia Gonçalo ; 15º16ʹ13ʺ N, 23º6ʹ15ʺ W; 1 Jul. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY864977 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78876 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Porto do Derrubado ; 16º13ʹ22ʺ N, 22º47ʹ41ʺ W; 3 Jul. 2013; MNCN exped.; MNCN 15.05/80980 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Santa Luzia Island, Ponta Praia ; 16º45ʹ55ʺ N, 24º46ʹ54ʺ W; 16 Apr. 2016; MNCN exped.; MNCN 15.05/78606 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Sal Island, Murdeira ; 16º40ʹ43ʺ N, 22º56ʹ9ʺ W; 9Apr. 2014; MNCN exped.; MNCN 15.05/80013 GoogleMaps 1 spec., 54.3 mm; same collection data as for preceding; MNCN 15.05/80014 ( Fig. 6L View Fig ) GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution

West and East Atlantic Ocean.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern.

Remarks

This is an amphiatlantic (i.e., present on both shores of the Atlantic Ocean) species and the only piscivorous cone in the Atlantic Ocean. Its venom has been subject of detailed proteomic ( Rivera-Ortiz et al. 2011; Quinton et al. 2013; Echterbille et al. 2017) and transcriptomic ( Abalde et al. 2018) studies. It is widely distributed along the West African coast, being locally abundant at certain locations, but nowadays it is much more scarce in the western Atlantic than in the past. For a long time it has been speculated that possibly the eastern and western Atlantic populations might represent two separate species. Until detailed molecular studies are performed including the entire mitogenome examination of western Atlantic individuals, we maintain all the populations from both shores of the Atlantic Ocean as members of the same species, namely Chelyconus ermineus .

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Chelyconus

Loc

Chelyconus ermineus ( Born, 1778 )

Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael 2020
2020
Loc

Conus ermineus

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 41
2004
Loc

Conus verrucosus piraticus

Clench W. J. 1942: 14
1942
Loc

Conus perryae

Clench W. J. 1942: 31
1942
Loc

Conus rudis

Weinkauff H. C. 1873: 158
1873
Loc

Conus coerulescens

Dillwyn L. W. 1817: 368
1817
Loc

Conus narcissus

Lamarck J. B. P. 1810: 281
1810
Loc

Conus leaeneus

Link H. F. 1807: 103
1807
Loc

Conus coerulescens Schröter, 1803: 67

Schroter J. S. 1803: 67
1803
Loc

Cucullus barathrum Röding, 1798: 43

Roding P. F. 1798: 43
1798
Loc

Cucullus crucifer Röding, 1798: 48

Roding P. F. 1798: 48
1798
Loc

Cucullus cutisanguina Röding, 1798: 48

Roding P. F. 1798: 48
1798
Loc

Conus testudinarius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 694

Bruguiere J. G. 1792: 694
1792
Loc

Conus eques Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 705

Bruguiere J. G. 1792: 705
1792
Loc

Conus luzonicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 706

Bruguiere J. G. 1792: 706
1792
Loc

Conus portoricanus Hwass in Bruguiére, 1792: 714

Bruguiere J. G. 1792: 714
1792
Loc

Conus oculatus

Gmelin J. F. 1791: 3387
1791
Loc

Conus ermineus

Born I. von 1778: 141
1778
Loc

Conus aspersus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833

Conus aspersus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 : pl. 28, fig. 16.
Loc

Conus caerulans Küster, 1838

Conus caerulans Küster, 1838 : pl. 14, figs 3–4.
Loc

Conus grayi

Conus grayi Reeve, 1844 : pl. 46. sp. 258, a–c.
Loc

Conus inquinatus

Conus inquinatus Reeve, 1849 : pl. 5, sp. 251.
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