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Viminiconus

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Viminiconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella viminea (Reeve, L.A., 1849)
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Viminiconus

Tucker & Tenorio, 2009[1]
Synonyms
  • Conasprella (Fusiconus) viminea (Reeve, 1849) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus vimineus Reeve, 1849 (original combination)
  • Viminiconus vimineus (Reeve, 1849)

Viminiconus is subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conasprella, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Dalliconus has become a subgenus of Conasprella: Conasprella (Dalliconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 represented as Conasprella Thiele, 1929 [3]

Species

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  • Viminiconus vimineus (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Conasprella viminea (Reeve, 1849) (alternate representation)

References

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  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. page(s): 152
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