Five New Species of Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 (Conilithidae: Conilithinae) from the Caribbean Molluscan Province

Abstract

Five new species of the endemic western Atlantic conilithid genus Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 are described from the Caribbean Molluscan Province: Jaspidiconus boriqua n. sp. (endemic to Puerto Rico), Jaspidiconus culebranus n. sp. (endemic to Culebra Island), Jaspidiconus janapatriceae n. sp. (endemic to Grand Cayman Island), Jaspidiconus marcusi n. sp. (endemic to Eleuthera Island, Bahamas), and Jaspidiconus masinoi n. sp. (endemic to the Utila Cays, Honduras). With the addition of these five new taxa, 40 Jaspidiconus species have now been described from the Tropical Western Atlantic Region, with at least 25 others still in need of description.