Strategoconus
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| Subgenus: | Strategoconus da Motta, 1991
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| Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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Conus (Strategoconus) da Motta, 1991 | |
Strategoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Strategoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Strategoconus)da Motta, 1991 (type species:Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]
Species
[edit]The following species are alternate representation:[1]
- Strategoconus generalis (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767 (alternate representation)
- Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus litoglyphus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
- Strategoconus litteratus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)
- Strategoconus maldivus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
- Strategoconus monile (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
- Strategoconus splendidulus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) represented as Conus splendidulus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (alternate representation)
- Strategoconus thomae (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus thomae Gmelin, 1791 (alternate representation)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Strategoconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579473 on 2012-01-21
- ^ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- ^ Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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