New Species of Jaspidiconus (Conidae: Conilithinae) from the Carolinian and Caribbean Molluscan Provinces

Seven new species of the western Atlantic endemic genus Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 are described from the Carolinian and Caribbean Molluscan Provinces. These new taxa include: J. chaac and J. ixchel, which are restricted to the eastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico (Yucatanean Subprovince of the Carolinian Molluscan Province); J. chinchorroensis, which is endemic to the Banco Chinchorro Atoll off Quintana Roo State, Mexico (Antillean Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); J. lusca, which is endemic to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Antillean Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); J. kellyae, which is endemic to the San Blas Islands of northern Panama (Nicaraguan Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); J. tayrona, which is endemic to northern Colombia (Venezuelan Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); and J. booti, which is endemic to Aruba (Grenadian Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province).
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