Fulgiconus is a synonym of Conus (Phasmoconus) Mörch, 1852 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 This name was used for a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Fulgiconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus moluccensis (Kuester, H.C., 1838)
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Fulgiconus

da Motta, 1991
Synonyms

Conus (Phasmoconus) Mörch, 1852

Species list edit

This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Fulgiconus include:[1]

  • Fulgiconus exiguus (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810
  • Fulgiconus goudeyi (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012): synonym of Conus goudeyi (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012)
  • Fulgiconus marielae (Rehder & Wilson, 1975): synonym of Conus marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975
  • Fulgiconus moluccensis (Küster, 1838): synonym of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838
  • Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009): synonym of Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009

References edit

  1. ^ a b Fulgiconus da Motta, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 07/13/11.

Further reading edit

  • Kohn A. A. (1992). "Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840". Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
  • Monteiro A. (ed.) (2007). The Cone Collector 1: 1-28.
  • Berschauer D. (2010). Technology and the Fall of the Mono-Generic Family The Cone Collector 15: pp. 51-54
  • Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P., and Olivera B.M. (2011), Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea), Zoologica Scripta 40(4) 350–363.

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