Berschauer, D.P.

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

ABSTRACT Two new members of the Caribbean Province endemic conid genus Tenorioconus Petuch and Drolshagen, 2011 are described from the Netherlands Antilles island of Aruba. One of the new species, Tenorioconus monicae n. sp., was found to belong to the Tenorioconus mappa species complex and is most similar to the Venezuelan coastal species T. sanguineus (Kiener, 1850) and T. caracanus (Hwass, 1792). The other new species, T. rosi n. sp., was found to belong to the T. aurantius species complex and is most similar to the Aruban endemic T. curassaviensis (Hwass, 1792) and the Curacao and Bonaire endemic T. aurantius (Hwass, 1792). The discovery of these two new taxa demonstrates that three distinct, endemic species of Tenorioconus occur in shallow water areas around Aruba.