Continuconus

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Continuconus
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Continuconus

Tucker & Tenorio, 2013
Type species
Conus plinthis Richard & Moolenbeek, 1988
Synonyms[1]

Conus (Klemaeconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2013

Continuconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Continuconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Klemaeconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [2]

Species[edit]

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

  • Continuconus estivali (Moolenbeek & Richard, 1995): synonym of Conus estivali Moolenbeek & Richard, 1995
  • Continuconus hirasei (Kuroda, 1956): synonym of Conus hirasei (Kuroda, 1956)
  • Continuconus plinthis (Richard & Moolenbeek, 1988): synonym of Conus plinthis Richard & Moolenbeek, 1988
  • Continuconus pseudokimioi (da Motta & Martin, 1982): synonym of Conasprella pseudokimioi (da Motta & Martin, 1982)

References[edit]

  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. page(s): 39