|
Conus clerii |
(Reeve, 1844) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Reeve, 1849) |
Senior synonym or form of Conus clenchi (b) |
|
|
Conus clenchi |
(Martins, 1943) |
|
|
Conus clerii carcellesi |
(Martins, 1945) |
Junior synonym of Conus clenchi (a) |
Description.
Remarks.
(a) In recent literature (Van Mol, Tursch &
Kempf, 1967: 240-242; Rios, 1975: 124) Conus carcellesi is considered a
junior synonym of C. clenchi (Martins, 1943).
(b) Coomans, R.G. Moolenbeek and Wils compared
two paratypes (fig. 353) and other specimens (figs. 354-355) of C.
carcellesi to the Brazilian C. clerii (Reeve, 1843) and C.
lemniscatus (Reeve, 1849) (which is a senior synonym of C. clenchi).
It is concluded that C. carcellesi is not conspecific with C. lemniscatus,
but it may be considered a subspecies of C. clerii.
(c) The conchological differences are summarized
by Da Motta (1981: 5, figs. 1-3): C. clerii has a turbinate shell with
an angulate and carinate shoulder, whereas subspecies carcellesi is biconic
with a subangulate and smooth shoulder. In addition C. clerii reaches a
larger size (up to 50 mm) than its subspecies carcellesi (to about 30
mm), and the ranges are disjunct (fig. 300) (3).
Distribution.
C. clerii s.s. occurs on
the Brazilian coast from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul (fig. 300). The subspecies carcellesi
is known to us from Uruguay and the northern coast of Argentina, and reported
in the literature (Rios, 1975: 124) from as far south as Puerto Deseado at 48°
S (3).
|
|
Fig. 300. Distribution of Conus clerii
carcellesi as compared
to that of C. clerii (3)
Material studied. -Two MCZ
paratypes; ZMA has specimens of C. clerii carcellesi from Cabo Polonio
and La Paloma (Uruguay) (3).
|
|
|
|||
|
Brazil mm. 41.2 The differences between C.
clerii and C. lemniscatus,
as originally described, seem mainly due to different patterns: C. clerii has a
mostly axial flame pattern; while C. lemniscatus has encircling, articulated narrow
brown bands. With enough specimnens, though, these distinctions seem to
intergrade
|
Conus
clerii
mm. 50 Santos - Brasil |
|||
|
|
|
|
||
Conus clerii
carcellesi
Holotype MNRJ 36300 mm. 29 x 14 Mar del
Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
Conus clerii carcellesi
mm. 31,3 Off Mar del Plata – Buenos Aires - Argentina Copyright and Conditions. Allspira.com |
|
||
|
|
|
|
Conus
clerii
mm. 50 Santos - Brasil |
Brazil mm. 41.2
|
Conus clerii carcellesi
mm.
31,3 Off
Mar del Plata Buenos Aires - Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
(Pag. 128) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Según Van Mol 1967 esta especie es sinónima de C.
iheringi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holotype BMNH mm. 38 x 18 Rio de Janeiro |
lemniscatus
always has those distinctive bands of alternating white and tan dashes ( by
E. Petuch ) |
( by E. Petuch ) |
|
|
|
Conus clerii carcellesi (2)
LGP-W0175 mm. 43,5 x 21 Pleistocene
– Santa Vitoria Do Palmar (Brasil) Affioramenti dell'Arroio Chuí, nella pianura costiera dello stato di Rio Grande do Sul, nell'estremo sud del Brasile The presence of L. lemniscatus carcellesi,
found living today only in Uruguay and Argentina, indicates a wider
distribution for this taxon during the late Pleistocene. |
Conus
clerii carcellesi
http://www.conchasbrasil.org.br mm. 45 Pleistocene – arroio Chuí
(Brasil) It is the same specimen (2) In the dunes of "San Clemente del Tuyú",
Province of Buenos Aires, fossils or subfossils are frequently found Conus: they are whitish or with that black acu very dark
like the fossil oysters from Rio Grande do Sul - RGS. |
|
|
|
Bibliografia Consultata
·
(1) - Martins, E. A., 1945. Conus carcellesi, un Nuevo Gastrópoda
Marino de la República Argentina (Conidae, Mollusca). Notas del Museo. Paleontología, 10 (88 ): 259 –263
·
(2)
- Lopes, Simone (2012) “NEW FOSSIL RECORDS OF PLEISTOCENE MARINE MOLLUSKS IN
SOUTHERN BRAZIL”