''Conilithes'' is an extinct
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Conidae
Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.
The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...
, the
cone snails
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.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Lutetian (
Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the
Piacenzian
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(
Pliocene) of Italy (age range: 48.6 to 2.588 million years ago).
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''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)
Species
* † '' Conilithes allioni'' (Michelotti, 1847)
* † ''Conilithes antidiluvianus
''Conilithes antidiluvianus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage o ...
'' (Bruguiére, 1792)[
* † '']Conilithes aquitanicus
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (Mayer, 1858)
* † ''Conilithes asyli
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (De Gregorio, 1880)[Catalogo aggiornato dei molluschi fossili eocenici di San Giovanni Ilarione (Verona - Italia settentrionale). Prima parte: Mollusca, Gastropoda.](_blank)
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* † '' Conilithes brezinae'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1879)
* † '' Conilithes brockenensis'' (Vella, 1954)
*† ''Conilithes brocchii
''Conilithes brocchii'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or othe ...
'' (Bronn, 1828)
* † '' Conilithes canaliculatus'' (Brocchi, 1814)
* - '' Conilithes desidiosus'' (Adams, 1854)
* † ''Conilithes dujardini
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (Deshayes, 1845)
* † ''Conilithes dujardini egerensis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian ( Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the Pi ...
'' (Noszky, 1937)
* † ''Conilithes dujardini sallomacensis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian ( Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the Pi ...
'' (Peyrot, 1930)
* † '' Conilithes eichwaldi'' (Harzhauser & Landau, 2016)[Mathias Harzhauser, Bernard Landau "A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea"](_blank)
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* † ''Conilithes exaltatus
''Conilithes exaltatus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or oth ...
'' (Eichwald, 1830)
* † ''Conilithes fracta
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian ( Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the Pi ...
'' (Finlay, 1924)
* † '' Conilithes lyratus'' (P. Marshall, 1918)
* † '' Conilithes oliveri'' (Marwick, 1931)
* † ''Conilithes parisiensis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian ( Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the Pi ...
'' (Deshayes, 1865)
* † ''Conilithes pendulus pusillanimis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian ( Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the Pi ...
'' (De Gregorio, 1880)Conilithes rivertonensis
''Conilithes rivertonensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or ...
'' (Finlay, 1926)
* † '' Conilithes sceptophorus'' (Boettger, 1887)
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
* C.A. Flemin
Conilithes Swainson Replaces Conospirus De Gregorio
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics - Volume 11, Issue 1, 1968
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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