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Conus (Sciteconus)

Sciteconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

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Conus (Sciteconus)
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1889)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Subgenus: Sciteconus
da Motta, 1991
Type species
Conus algoensis
Synonyms

Sciteconus da Motta, 1991

Sciteconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.12

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Sciteconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Sciteconus)da Motta, 1991 (type species: Conus algoensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 17583

Species

  • Sciteconus algoensis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) represented as Conus algoensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (alternate representation)
  • Sciteconus bairstowi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) represented as Conus bairstowi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (alternate representation)
  • Sciteconus brianhayesi (Korn, 2001) represented as Conus brianhayesi Korn, 2001 (alternate representation)
  • Sciteconus gradatulus (Weinkauff, 1875) represented as Conus gradatulus Weinkauff, 1875 (alternate representation)
  • Sciteconus infrenatus (Reeve, 1848) represented as Conus infrenatus Reeve, 1848 (alternate representation)
  • Sciteconus mozambicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
  • Sciteconus pictus (Reeve, 1843) represented as Conus pictus Reeve, 1843 (alternate representation)
References

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Sciteconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579450 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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