Virgiconus

Virgiconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus berdulinus (M. Veillard, 1972)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Subgenus:
Virgiconus

Cotton, 1945
Synonyms

Conus (Virgiconus) Cotton, 1945 & type_species= Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758

Virgiconus 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), Virgiconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Virgiconus) Cotton, 1945 (type species: Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]

Species

  • Virgiconus berdulinus (Veillard, 1972) represented as Conus berdulinus Veillard, 1972 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus coelinae (Crosse, 1858) represented as Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus emaciatus (Reeve, 1849) represented as Conus emaciatus Reeve, 1849 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus flavidus (Lamarck, 1810) represented as Conus flavidus Lamarck, 1810 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus frigidus (Reeve, 1848) represented as Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus kintoki (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) represented as Conus kintoki Habe & Kosuge, 1970 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus moreleti (Crosse, 1858) represented as Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus spiceri (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) represented as Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus terebra (Born, 1778) represented as Conus terebra Born, 1778 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus tethys Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Conus tethys (Petuch & Sargent, 2011)
  • Virgiconus thalassiarchus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) represented as Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (alternate representation)
  • Virgiconus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Virgiconus Cotton, 1945. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429064 on 2012-01-21
  2. ^ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  3. ^ 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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