Revision of the deep-water cone snail fauna from New Caledonia (Gastropoda, Conoidea) Author Tenorio, Manuel J. 24B3DC9A-3E34-4165-A450-A8E86B0D1231 Departamento CMIM y Química Inorgánica - Instituto de Biomoléculas (INBIO), Facultad de Ciencias, Torre Norte, 1 ª Planta, Universidad de Cadiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, F- 75005 Paris, France. manuel.tenorio@uca.es Author Puillandre, Nicolas 00565F2A-C170-48A1-AAD9-16559C536E4F puillandre@mnhn.fr text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-10-03 896 1 134 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2291/9907 journal article 273174 10.5852/ejt.2023.896.2291 3638570d-9fdb-4d92-a492-b351f217475a 2118-9773 8405510 F53C16AD-46F5-413B-9ACE-29713C9ED8D9 Conus ( Turriconus ) miniexcelsus (Olivera & Biggs, 2010 ) Figs 2 , 87I–K, N Conus miniexcelsus Olivera & Biggs in Biggs et al ., 2010: 5 , figs 1–2, 4, 6, 8. Turriconus miniexcelsus – Tucker & Tenorio 2013: 281. Turriconus ( Turriconus ) miniexcelsus – Monnier et al. 2018a: 340 . Material examined 2 lots ( 2 specimens ). See Supp. file 1. Type material Holotype PHILIPPINES • 22 mm ; Aliguay Island ; 30–150 m depth ; Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines ( Fig. 87I ). Figured material NEW CALEDONIA • 22 mm ; Norfolk Ridge, Munida, off New Caledonia, stn DW3106; 23°02′ S , 168°21′ E ; 180–220 m depth ; 27 Oct. 2008 ; TERRASSES expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 87J, N ) • 32.3 mm ; S Lansdowne , off New Caledonia, stn DW2639; 20º47′ S , 161º01′ E ; 289‒294 m depth ; 22 Oct. 2005 ; EBISCO expedition; MNHN ( Fig. 87K ) . Geographical distribution and bathymetry Japan (Ryu Kyu Islands) to the Philippines and Vietnam ( Monnier et al. 2018a ). Also present in Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands and New Caledonia , where this species has been sampled in Coral Sea and Norfolk Ridge at depths between 180‒ 294 m . Remarks Shell moderately small (maximum shell length 37 mm ), biconical with a high spire of straight profile. Protoconch multispiral of about 3 whorls. Last whorl with flat spiral ribbons, white with two brown spiral bands, and a pattern of little brown square or rectangular spots. Radular tooth ( Fig. 87N ) with the anterior section much shorter than the posterior section. Tooth serrated with 4–5 small denticles arranged in one row, ending on a large, pointed cusp. Barb indistinct. Blade reduced or absent. Very small basal spur present on the rounded base. This species, resembling in shape a small specimen of C . ( T .) excelsus (and hence its name), was initially reported from the Philippines , and its range has now been extended to many other localities including New Caledonia . It is distinct from C . ( T .) excelsus as shown in the DNA phylogeny ( Fig. 2 ), where one specimen from New Caledonia appears sister to another one from Papua New Guinea .