Turriconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus excelsus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Subgenus:
Turriconus

Shikama & Habe, 1968
Type species
Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968
Synonyms

Conus (Turriconus) Shikama & Habe, 1968

Apertural view of shell of Conus andremenezi Olivera & Biggs, 2010, measuring 37.6 mm in height, trawled at 80 fms. off Aliguay Island, in the Philippines.
Apertural view of shell of Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010, measuring 29.3 mm in height, trawled at 80 fms. off Aliguay Island, in the Philippines.

Turriconus 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), Turriconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Turriconus)Shikama & Habe, 1968 (type species: Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]

Species

  • Turriconus acutangulus (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810 (alternate representation)
  • Turriconus andremenezi (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus andremenezi Olivera & Biggs, 2010[4]
  • Turriconus beatrix (Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007): synonym of Conus beatrix Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007
  • Turriconus excelsus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908): synonym of Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 (alternate representation)
  • Turriconus gratacapii (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Conus gratacapii Pilsbry, 1904
  • Turriconus milesi (E. A. Smith, 1887) : synonym of Conus milesi E. A. Smith, 1887
  • Turriconus miniexcelsus (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus miniexcelsus Olivera & Biggs, 2010
  • Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968 : synonym of Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908
  • Turriconus praecellens (A. Adams, 1855): synonym of Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1855
  • Turriconus rizali (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Turriconus Shikama & Habe, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430139 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
  4. ↑ Biggs, J. S., Watkins, M. Showers Corneli, P. and Olivera, B. M. (2010). Defining a clade by morphological, molecular, and toxinological criteria: distinctive forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Nautilus 124:1-19


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