Conasprella (Conasprella) baileyi (Rockel & da Motta, 1979)

Tenorio, Manuel J. & Puillandre, Nicolas, 2023, Revision of the deep-water cone snail fauna from New Caledonia (Gastropoda, Conoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 896, pp. 1-134 : 43-45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.896.2291

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F53C16AD-46F5-413B-9ACE-29713C9ED8D9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8405590

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03898788-CA72-3C4C-D7E8-FE663358FD4D

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Plazi

scientific name

Conasprella (Conasprella) baileyi
status

 

Conasprella (Conasprella) baileyi View in CoL View at ENA (R̂ckel & da Motta, 1979)

Figs 2 View Fig , 30–31 View Fig View Fig

Conus baileyi R̂ckel & da Motta, 1979: 9.

Conus baileyi – R̂ckel et al. 1995b: no. 248, pl. 53 figs 10–14.

Conasprella baileyi View in CoL – Tucker & Tenorio 2013: 101. — Monnier et al. 2018a: 204.

Material examined

127 lots (246 specimens). See Supp. file 1.

Type material

Holotype SOLOMON ISLANDS • 29 mm; off Russell Island , Solomon Sea; 110 m depth; MHNG 981 View Materials /1071 ( Fig. 30A View Fig ).

Figured material

NEW CALEDONIA • 25 mm; Loyalty Ridge, off New Caledonia , stn DW451; 20º59′ S, 167º25′ E; 330 m depth; 20 Feb. 1989; MUSORSTOM 6 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30B View Fig ) GoogleMaps 25.7 mm; off S New Caledonia, stn DW130; 19º05′ S, 163º21′ E; 225‒230 m depth; 4 Mar. 1990; SMIB 6 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30C View Fig ) GoogleMaps 26.6 mm; Grand Passage, off New Caledonia, stn DW2932; 19º05′ S, 163º30′ E; 215‒225 m depth; 28 Apr. 2008; CONCALIS expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30D View Fig ) GoogleMaps 23.5 mm; Grand Passage, off New Caledonia, stn DW126; 19°00′ S, 163°23′ E; 320‒330 m depth; 3 Mar. 1990; SMIB 6 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30E View Fig ) GoogleMaps 23.3 mm; Norfolk Ridge, Banc Munida, off New Caledonia , stn DW2133; 23º01′ S, 168º18′ E; 215– 270 m depth; 3 Nov. 2003; NORFOLK 2 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30F View Fig ) GoogleMaps 25.1 mm; Grand Passage, off New Caledonia, stn DW3017; 19°04′ S, 163°28′ E; 255‒267 m depth; 9 May 2008; CONCALIS expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30G View Fig ) GoogleMaps 19.8 mm; Baie du Santal, sinking towards the SW of Récif Shelter, off New Caledonia , stn DW1650; 20°54′ S, 167°02′ E; 120‒250 m depth; Nov. 2000; LIFOU 2000 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30H View Fig ) GoogleMaps 18.7 mm; Grand Passage, off New Caledonia, stn DW2954; 19°02′ S, 163°17′ E; 250‒280 m depth; 1 May 2008; CONCALIS expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30I, L View Fig ) GoogleMaps 24.4 mm; Norfolk Ridge, Munida, off New Caledonia , stn DW3100; 22°59′ S, 168°23′ E; 260‒320 m depth; 27 Oct. 2008; TERRASSES expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30J View Fig ) GoogleMaps 15.5 mm; Norfolk Ridge, Banc Munida, off New Caledonia , stn DW2133; 23º01′ S, 168º18′ E; 215–270 m depth; 3 Nov. 2003; NORFOLK 2 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 30K View Fig ) GoogleMaps 26.1 mm; S Île des Pins , off New Caledonia, stn CP4674; 22°48′ S, 167°29′ E; 302‒311 m; 13 Aug. 2016; KANACONO expedition ( Fig. 30M View Fig ) GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution and bathymetry

Solomon Islands, Australia (Queensland) and New Caledonia, typically between 100 and 400 m deep. Isolated specimens have been sampled at depths beyond 800 m. Also present in Fiji at depths between 292–311 m ( Moolenbeek et al. 2008). It has been cited from Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, at depths between 490 and 835 m ( Rabiller & Richard 2014).

Remarks

Shell small to moderately small (maximum shell length 35 mm), conical with a moderate to high concave spire. Protoconch multispiral with 3 or more whorls ( Fig. 30L View Fig ). Radular tooth ( Fig. 30M View Fig ) with an indistinct barb and a pointed blade covering about one third of the anterior section, which is much shorter than the posterior section. Shaft fold present. Basal spur is present on top of the slanted base. This is an abundant species around New Caledonia, and it has been sampled in multiple locations. Although fairly constant in shell shape, it may be variably patterned, and pustulose specimens ( Fig. 30J View Fig ) ocassionally occur. The species has often been confused with Conasprella wakayamaensis ( Kuroda, 1956) and C. eugrammata ( Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) , but these two species are not present in New Caledonia. In the phylogeny ( Fig. 2 View Fig ), all specimens assigned to the taxon C. baileyi appear deeply nested within the Conasprella clade.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conasprella

Loc

Conasprella (Conasprella) baileyi

Tenorio, Manuel J. & Puillandre, Nicolas 2023
2023
Loc

Conasprella baileyi

Monnier E. & Limpalaer L. & Robin A. & Roux C. 2018: 204
2018
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