I 100% agree with Bill that this so-called "burryae" shell from
Martinique is not at all related to C. anabathrum and not even a
"Gradiconus"
I do believe the shell could be closely related to C. hennequini (if not
a variation of that species) which seems to be closely related to C.
beddomei from further south (=C. zigzac / C. couderti) - however, it
also shares morphological similarities with some of the more southern
specimens of C. flavescens that I have as well...
Alas, no animal to study.
Also, the furthest south I have personally collected C. anabathrum
burryae was just south of Playa del Carmen, Yucatan. I found specimens
by night snorkel among patch reef intermixed with eel grass. Specimens
where found crawling along the edges of soft sand pockets and grass
within the patch reef area at 10/12 ft.
Andre Poremski
On 6/15/10 4:12 PM, Bill Fenzan wrote:
> Addendum to my earlier post:
> Pointer & Lamy in _Guide des Coquillages des Antilles_ (1998) do report
> /C. burryae/ Clench, 1942 (either a form, subspecies of /C. anabathrum/
> or distinct species depending on who you ask) from Martinique, West
> Indies. Specimens illustrated and other specimens labeled as /C.
> burryae/ from Martinique in (mainly French) collections seem to be more
> clearly related to /C. hennequini/ Petuch as color forms than to /C.
> burryae/, in my opinion/./ This opinion, however, is not univerally
> shared. All of the shells from Martinique I have seen (or heard about)
> were all collected empty, though, so it is not clear there is enough
> information available to decide the status of these shells from Martinique.
> Bill Fenzan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Bill Fenzan <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:34 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [CONCH-L] Conus anabathrum (aka floridensis):
> southern limits
>
> Dear Marien & Bruce,
> C. anabathrum (as C. floridanus) was reported and illlustrated by
> Vokes & Vokes in Distribution of Shallow-Water Marine Mollusca,
> Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (1983). To my knowledge, C. anabathrum has
> not yet been reported further south than Yucatan. I have more than
> one lot from Yucatan in my collection and I have seen specimens in
> at least one other private collection from this area.
> Bill Fenzan
> Norfolk, Virginia, USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Marien Faber <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:21 PM
> *Subject:* [CONCH-L] Conus anabathrum (aka floridensis):
> southern limits
>
>
> Dear Conch-lers,
>
>
> is there any (first hand) information on Conus anabathrum Crosse
> from south of Florida, perhaps from as south as the Dutch
> leeward Islands? Please check your collections. The species is
> perhaps better known as C. floridanus Gabb, and C. floridensis
> Sowerby.
>
> Marien Faber
>
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