My original forwarded message did not reach the list. Here it is as it
should've been:
"This message was originally sent from Dr. Paula Mikkelsen to the Mollusca
listserver. The book may be of interest to the coneheads among us.
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José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor, The Nautilus
www.shellmuseum.org
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(239)395-2233
fax (239)395-6706
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paula M
Mikkelsen
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:05 AM
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Subject: [MOLLUSCA] New Conus Publication Available
Paleontological Research Institution is proud to announce publication of
Bulletins of American Paleontology, no. 375, "The genus Conus (Mollusca:
Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the southeastern United States,"
by Jonathan R. Hendricks (178 pp., 20 pls., ISBN 978-0-87710-482-7). See the
full abstract below. The retail price is US $60.00. Please email me directly
for a proforma invoice or order online at www.priweb.org. Members of PRI and
booksellers should contact me first to receive discount prices for this and
other publications of PRI.
Abstract: Conus (or cone) shells are common in many Pliocene and Pleistocene
fossil deposits from the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States,
but have never been the subjects of a comprehensive taxonomic review or
revision. In total, 84 names (including those of some Recent species and
fossil taxa from other strata or areas) have been applied to
Plio-Pleistocene cone shells from this region, and since Green described
Conus marylandicus in 1830, an additional 59 species have been described
from these strata. Forty of these taxa were described in the last 17 years
and were published outside of the peer-reviewed literature, making their
status as distinct species suspect, particularly because most are poorly
illustrated, perfunctorily described, and based on few specimens. This makes
them nearly impossible to evaluate without direct inspection of type
material and/or access to large suites of specimens. Evaluating whether
these suspect taxon names represent distinctive morphospecies is critical to
attaining an understanding of the evolutionary history and diversity of
Neogene and Recent Conus in the western Atlantic. The present work provides
a systematic treatment of 82 of the 84 names that have been applied to Conus
shells from the Plio-Pleistocene fossil records of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Florida. Here, through application of a conservative
morphological species concept (one that accepts large amounts of
intraspecific morphological variation), 19 of these nominal taxa are
accepted as representing distinctive species of Plio-Pleistocene Conus from
this study area. In addition, this investigation also resulted in the
discovery of one new fossil morphospecies, described here as Conus burnetti
n. sp. An identification key to these 20 species is provided. The status of
three additional, previously described species (known only by their type
specimens) remains less certain. Two names that are likely familiar to
collectors of Plio-Pleistocene Conus from the United States Coastal Plain,
C. floridanus Gabb, 1869, and C. druidi Olsson, 1967, are synonymized,
respectively, with C. cf. largillierti Kiener, 1845, and C. haytensis G. B.
Sowerby II, 1850. All previously described species of sinistral Conus are
considered to belong to one highly morphologically variable species, C.
adversarius Conrad, 1840.
Please forgive cross postings.
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Paula M. Mikkelsen, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Science
and Director of Publications
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel. (607) 273-6623, ext. 20
Fax (607) 273-6620
email [log in to unmask]
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José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor, The Nautilus
www.shellmuseum.org
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(239)395-2233
fax (239)395-6706
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