Conilithes
{{Short description|Extinct genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Lutetian|Piacenzian}}
| image = Conidae - Conilithes antidiluvianus.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil shell of Conilithes antidiluvianus from Italy
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| taxon = Conilithes
| authority = Swainson 1840
| type_species = † Conus antidiluvianus
| type_species_authority = Bruguière, 1792
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
- † Conilites Schlotheim, 1820 unavailable name (unavailable under Code 20 of the Code)
- † Conolithus Herrmannsen, 1847 (unjustified emendation of...)
- † Conospira Cossmann, 1896 (unjustified emendation of...)
- † Conospirus De Gregorio, 1890
- † Conus (Conolithes) misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling of Conilithes Swainson 1840)
- † Conus (Conospira) Cossmann, 1896 (unjustified emendation of Conus...)
- † Conus (Conospirus) De Gregorio, 1890 (junior objective synonym)
- † Coronaxis (Conilithes) Swainson, 1840 (original rank)
}}
Conilithes is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Conilithes Swainson, 1840 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829397 on 2024-12-08
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand to the Piacenzian (Pliocene) of Italy (age range: 48.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=119403 Fossilworks]
Conolithus (Hermannsen, 1846) is an "invalid emendation" of Conilithes (Swainson, 1840), in the terminology introduced in the Copenhagen Decisions on Zoological Nomenclature (London, 1953: 43). Conilithes Swainson (spelled Conolithes by Wenz) is a junior homonym of Conilites (Schloth, 1820) (spelled Conolites by Wenz){{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/00288306.1968.10423677|title = Note on the type locality of five species of gastropoda described by finlay| journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics| volume=11| pages=124–125|year = 1968|last1 = Maxwell|first1 = Phillip A.}}
Species
- † Conilithes allioni (Michelotti, 1847)[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20288 Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem]
- † Conilithes antidiluvianus (Bruguiére, 1792)[http://austria-forum.org/af/Wissenssammlungen/Fossilien/Conilithes Austria-forum]
- † Conilithes aquitanicus (Mayer, 1858)
- † Conilithes asyli (De Gregorio, 1880)[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260038327_Catalogo_aggiornato_dei_molluschi_fossili_eocenici_di_San_Giovanni_Ilarione_Verona_-_Italia_settentrionale_Prima_parte_Mollusca_Gastropoda Catalogo aggiornato dei molluschi fossili eocenici di San Giovanni Ilarione (Verona - Italia settentrionale). Prima parte: Mollusca, Gastropoda.]
- † Conilithes brezinae (Hoernes & Auinger, 1879)[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/sources/Hoernes%20&%20Auinger,%20M.%201879.%20Abh.%20Geol.%20Reichanst.%20vol.%2012%20no.%201.pdf Die Gasteropoden der Meeresablagerungen der ersten und zweiten miocänen Mediterranstufe in österreich-ungarischenden Monarchie. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 12 (1 ): 1 -52]
- † Conilithes brockenensis (Vella, 1954)[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_81/rsnz_81_04_006310.pdf Terziary Mollusca from South-East Wairarapa]
- † Conilithes brocchii (Bronn, 1828){{Cite WoRMS|id=990992|title=Conilithes brocchii}}
- † Conilithes canaliculatus (Brocchi, 1814)[http://olivirv.myspecies.info/sites/olivirv.myspecies.info/files/Conchiologia%20fossile%20subapennina%2C%20con%20osservazioni%20ge%20sugli%20Apennini%20e%20sul%20suolo%20adiacente%202%20-%20Brocchi%2C%20G_.pdf Brocchi, G., 1814. Conchiologia Fossile Subapennina, con Osservazioni Geologiche sugli Apennini e suolo adiacente, 2: 241 -712 ]
- - Conilithes desidiosus (Adams, 1854)Conus desidiosus
- † Conilithes dujardini (Deshayes, 1845)[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/sources/Deshayes,%20G.%20P.%201845%20Hist.%20Nat.%20Anim.%20s.%20Vert.,%202nd%20ed..%20xi.pdf Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres., 2nd ed. (11 )]
- † Conilithes dujardini egerensis (Noszky, 1937)
- † Conilithes dujardini sallomacensis (Peyrot, 1930)
- † Conilithes eichwaldi (Harzhauser & Landau, 2016)[https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4210.1.1 Mathias Harzhauser, Bernard Landau "A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea"]
- † Conilithes exaltatus (Eichwald, 1830)
- † Conilithes fracta (Finlay, 1924)
- † Conilithes huttoni (Tate, 1890)
- † Conilithes lyratus (P. Marshall, 1918) [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831747 WoRMS]
- † Conilithes oliveri (Marwick, 1931)
- † Conilithes parisiensis (Deshayes, 1865) [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j02887?lang=en_US Conus (Conospira) parisiensis DESHAYES, 1835]
- † Conilithes pendulus pusillanimis (De Gregorio, 1880)
- † Conilithes rivertonensis (Finlay, 1926)[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002400.pdf New Shells from New Zealand Terziary Beds: Part 2 ]
- † Conilithes sceptophorus (Boettger, 1887)
- † Conilithes suteri (Cossmann, 1918)
- † Conilithes tahuensis (R. S. Allan, 1926)[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002980.pdf Allan R.S. "Fossil Mollusca from the Waihao Greensands"(1926)]
- † Conilithes wollastoni (Maxwell, 1978)[https://www.gns.cri.nz/static/Mollusca/taxa/BM245.html Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990)]
Notes
The specimen indicated as Conus deperditus by Suter in 1917 was referred to as Conospira suteri by Cossmann in 1918 and as Conospira fracta by Finlay in 1924.Conilithes.pdf
References
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- C.A. Fleming [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288306.1968.10423676 Conilithes Swainson Replaces Conospirus De Gregorio] New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics - Volume 11, Issue 1, 1968
- [https://www.gbif.org/species/search?rank=SPECIES&highertaxon_key=4602210&status=ACCEPTED&status=DOUBTFUL Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Conilithes]
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
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