Conus (Klemaeconus) whiteheadae da Motta, 1985
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.896.2291 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10015339 |
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Conus (Klemaeconus) whiteheadae da Motta, 1985 |
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Conus (Klemaeconus) whiteheadae da Motta, 1985 View in CoL
Figs 2 View Fig , 59–60 View Fig View Fig
Conus whiteheadae da Motta, 1985: 26 View in CoL , fig. 3a–b.
Conus sugimotonis View in CoL – R̂ckel et al. 1995b: pl. 25 fig. 22.
Kioconus sugimotonis f. whiteheadae – Tucker & Tenorio 2013: 421.
Continuconus sugimotonis View in CoL f. whiteheadae View in CoL – Monnier et al. 2018a: 331, figs 1, 3–4.
Material examined
11 lots (13 specimens). See Supp. file 1.
Type material
Holotype AUSTRALIA • 96.5 mm; Vicinity of Lord Howe and Lady Musgrave Islands; MHNG MOLL-138918 ( Fig. 59A View Fig ).
Figured material
NEW CALEDONIA • 44 mm; N Bellona, off New Caledonia, stn CP2571; 20º25′ S, 158º45′ E; 298‒309 m depth; 14 Oct. 2005; EBISCO expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 59B–C, M View Fig ) GoogleMaps • 57.7 mm; Bellona Plateau, off New Caledonia, stn DW5017; 21°09′ S, 159°11′ E; 300 m depth; 20 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP expedition; MNHN-IM-2013-48182 ( Fig. 59D View Fig ) GoogleMaps • 53.6 mm; Nova Bank, off New Caledonia, stn DW5001; 22°30′ S, 159°24′ E; 320‒330 m depth; 18 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP expedition; MNHN-IM-2013-48183 ( Fig. 59E View Fig GoogleMaps ) • 54.3 mm; Plateau des Chesterfield , off New Caledonia, stn DW4974; 19°47′ S, 158°36′ E; 460‒490 m depth; 9 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP expedition; MNHN-IM-2013-48185 ( Fig. 59F View Fig ) GoogleMaps • 68.8 mm; Coral Sea, Banc Capel, off New Caledonia, stn DW274; 24º45′ S, 159º41′ E; 285 m depth; 9 Oct. 1986; MUSORSTOM 5 expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 59G–H View Fig ) GoogleMaps • 54.6 mm; S Lansdowne Bank, off New Caledonia, stn CP4984; 20°47′ S, 160°57′ E; 410‒430 m depth; 10 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP expedition; MNHNIM- 2013-48190 ( Fig. 59I View Fig ) GoogleMaps • 51.6 mm; Nova Bank, off New Caledonia, stn CP5003; 22°30′ S, 159°27′ E; 330‒335 m depth; 18 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP expedition; MNHN-IM-2013-48188 ( Fig. 59L View Fig ) GoogleMaps
AUSTRALIA • 80.1 mm; off Lady Elliot Island , Queensland; MJT ( Fig. 59J–K View Fig ) .
Geographical distribution and bathymetry
Australia (Queensland) and Coral Sea, at depths between 200 and 500 m.
Remarks
Shell moderately large to large (maximum shell length 103 mm), conical, with a low spire of concave profile. Early whorls project from an essentially flat spire, occasionally slightly domed. Last whorl with a characteristic very pale violet uniform color, especially in fresh specimens. Radular tooth ( Fig. 59M View Fig ) elongated, with the anterior section longer than the posterior section. The tooth is serrated with 40– 42 denticles arranged in one single row, splitting into two rows in the basal area towards the small terminating cusp. Barb well marked. Blade rounded, covering about one third of the anterior section of the tooth. Basal spur pointing upwards on top of the rounded base. Although initially introduced as a full species by da Motta (1985), it has usually been considered a subspecies or form of Conus (Klemaeconus) sugimotonis Kuroda, 1929 . In our phylogeny ( Fig. 2 View Fig ) the specimens of C. (K.) whiteheadae examined form a clade sister to C. (K.) plinthis . The specimens of C. (K.) sugimotonis from China are distinct by DNA, and belong to a clade which is sister to the one that includes C. (K.) plinthis and C. (K.) whiteheadae . Hence, our DNA data support C. (K.) whiteheadae as a full species rather than a form of C. (K.) sugimotonis , with a distribution area most likely restricted to the Coral Sea and its surroundings.
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Conus (Klemaeconus) whiteheadae da Motta, 1985
Tenorio, Manuel J. & Puillandre, Nicolas 2023 |
Continuconus sugimotonis
Monnier E. & Limpalaer L. & Robin A. & Roux C. 2018: 331 |
Conus whiteheadae
da Motta A. J. 1985: 26 |