MolluscaBase - Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898)

Traits taxon details

Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898)

AphiaID

835418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835418)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Conasprella Thiele, 1929

Original name

Conus (Leptoconus) saecularis Melvill, 1898

Synonymised names

Conasprella (Fusiconus) saecularis (Melvill, 1898) · alternative representation

Conus (Leptoconus) saecularis Melvill, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Conus elegans Schepman, 1913 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Conus...)

invalid: junior homonym of Conus elegans G.B. Sowerby III, 1895; C. schepmani is a replacement name

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Conus (Leptoconus) saecularis Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 10, pl. 1, fig. 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835418 on 2025-05-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835418 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-03-06 19:59:51Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Conus (Leptoconus) saecularis Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 10, pl. 1, fig. 23 [details]

original description (of Conus elegans Schepman, 1913) Schepman, M. M. (1913). The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part V. Toxoglossa with a supplement. Siboga-Expeditie. 49e: 365-452, pls 25-30., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34450646
page(s): 393, pl. 25, fig. 4 [details]

new combination reference Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 [details]