Cone Collector’s Guide: What’s New 2014Any significant news and changes in 2014 are summarised here and they will be integrated as appropriate into the next release of the main files of the website. The main files of this website were last updated in July 2014. Events reported up to December 2013 from the launch of the website, will be found in WhatsNew 2013 section.

September 2014.

Five new conus described from Cape Verde islands by Tiziano Cossignani and Ramiro Fiadeiro in Malacologia 84.Africonus umbelinae, Africonus calhetinensis, Africonus docensis, Africonus gonsalensis, Africonus nelsontiagoi.

Africonus umbelinae Africonus calhetinensis Africonus docensis

Africonus gonsalensis Africonus nelsontiagoi

August 2014.

New cone Conus conco from Marquesas published by N. Puillandre and 8 co authors in the on line magazine: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80 (2014) 186–192.

Conus conco holotype

Journal webpage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev

August 2014.Availability of new bookConus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean Alan J. Kohn ISBN: 9780691135380

This beautifully illustrated book identifies 53 valid species of the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, a region that supports a diverse but taxonomically challenging group of Conus. Introductory chapters cover the evolution and phylogeny of the genus, and notes on methodology are provided. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, taxonomy, distribution, ecology, toxicology, life history, and evolutionary relationships. The book includes more than 2,100 photos of shells on 109 splendid color plates;

For more information : http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10229.html

July 2014.Six new cones from Brazil published in Xenophora Taxonomy 4 by Ed Petuch and Robert Myers

hazinorum holotype mariaodeteae holotype tonisii holotype

damasomonteiroi holotype marinae holotype pomponeti holotype

For more information www.xenophora.org

June 2014.New deep water cone from Curacao described by M. G. Harasewych in Nautilus 128(2) Attenuiconus marileeae

A. marileeae holotype

May 2014.Four new cones from Cape Verde Islands described by Tiziano Cossignani and Ramiro Fiadeiro in Malacologia 83. (www.malacologia.org).Africonus marcocastellazzii and A. cossignani from Maio ; Africonus morroensis and A. antoniaensis from Boavista.

A.antoniaensis A.cossignani

A.marcocastellazzii A.morroensis

April 2014.Three papers published in Xenophora Taxonomy V3 with descriptions of new cones.For more information www.xenophora.orgNew cone from Fiji, described by Monnier & Limpalaër

santinii holotype

Three new cones from Cape Verde Islands described by Afonso & Tenorio

condei holotype gonsaloi holotype santanaensis holotype

Eleven new cones described by Ed Petuch and Robert Myers from Brasil and Caribbean.

arawak holotype berschaueri holotype coltrorum holotype

ericmonnieri holotype henriquei holotype herndli holotype

honkerorum holotype ogum holotype patriceae holotype

poremskii holotype simonei holotype

February 2014.Ten new cones described in Malacologia 82 (www.malacologia.org)Tiziano Cossignani describes in Italian a series of new cones from Boavista and Sal in the Cape Verde Islands.

antonioi holotype bernardinoi holotype cagarralensis holotype

calabroi holotype diegoi holotype joserochoi holotype

salletae holotype silviae holotype

wandae holotype zinhoi holotype

Cossignani also describes Jaspidiconus alexandremonteiroi from E Nicaragua

alexandremonteiroi holotype

January 2014.Three new cones described in Xenophora Taxonomy supplement 2For more information www.xenophora.org

Two cones from Cape Verde Islands are described by phylogenetic, radular and morphological comparison. Africonus swinneni from Boavista is compared with A. borgesi, A. luquei and A.delanoyae.Africonus fiadeiroi from Derrubado is compared with A. salreiensis and A. delanoyae.

A. swinneni holotype A. fiadeiroi holotype

A third cone Profundiconus stahlschmidti is described form Sulawesi, Indonesia by Manuel Tenorio and John Tucker.

A small shell 6 to 13mm found in shell grit. It is a challenge to similar species for comparison other than P. pacificus and juveniles of P. scopulicola and M. cylindraceus.

Profudiconus stahlschmidti holotype.

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