Stephanoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
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| Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneus (Wood, 1828), with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico | |
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| Subgenus: | Stephanoconus Mörch, 1852
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| Conus leucostictus Gmelin, 1791 | |
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Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852 | |
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Stephanoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Stephanoconus)Mörch, 1852 (type species: Conus leucostictus Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]
Species edit
- Stephanoconus bartschi (Hanna & Strong, 1949) represented as Conus bartschi G. D. Hanna & Strong, 1949 (alternate representation)
- Stephanoconus brunneus (W. Wood, 1828) represented as Conus brunneus Wood, 1828 (alternate representation)
- Stephanoconus regius (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus regius Gmelin, 1791 (alternate representation)
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Stephanoconus Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429062 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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