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Conasprelloides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Subfamily
  
Puncticuliinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Dauciconus, Rolaniconus, Calibanus, Varioconus, Calamiconus

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

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In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Conasprelloides has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Dauciconus) Cotton, 1945 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Conasprelloides from Conus in the following ways:

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Conasprelloides Tucker & Tenorio, 2009
  • Species

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

  • Conasprelloides brunneobandatus (Petuch, 1992): synonym of Conus brunneobandatus Petuch, 1992
  • Conasprelloides cancellatus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conasprelloides coltrorum Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Conus coltrorum (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
  • Conasprelloides hazinorum Petuch & Myers, 2014: synonym of Conus hazinorum (Petuch & Myers, 2014) (alternate representation)
  • Conasprelloides kevani (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus kevani Petuch, 1987
  • Conasprelloides kremerorum (Petuch, 1988): synonym of Conus kremerorum Petuch, 1988
  • Conasprelloides leekremeri (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus leekremeri Petuch, 1987
  • Conasprelloides levistimpsoni Tucker, 2013: synonym of Conus levistimpsoni (Tucker, 2013)
  • Conasprelloides penchaszadehi (Petuch, 1986): synonym of Conus penchaszadehi Petuch, 1986
  • Conasprelloides stimpsoni (Dall, 1902): synonym of Conus stimpsoni Dall, 1902
  • Conasprelloides venezuelanus (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus venezuelanus Petuch, 1987
  • Conasprelloides villepinii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857): synonym of Conus villepinii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
  • Significance of "alternative representation"

    Prior to 2009, all species within the family Conidae were placed in one genus, Conus. In 2009 however, J.K. Tucker and M.J. Tenorio proposed a classification system for the over 600 recognized species that were in the family. Their classification proposed 3 distinct families and 82 genera for the living species of cone snails. This classification was based upon shell morphology, radular differences, anatomy, physiology, cladistics, with comparisons to molecular (DNA) studies. Published accounts of genera within the Conidae that include the genus Conaspelloides include J.K. Tucker & M.J. Tenorio (2009), and Bouchet et al. (2011).

    Testing in order to try to understand the molecular phylogeny of the Conidae was initially begun by Christopher Meyer and Alan Kohn, and is continuing, particularly with the advent of nuclear DNA testing in addition to mDNA testing.

    However, in 2011, some experts still prefer to use the traditional classification, where all species are placed in Conus within the single family Conidae: for example, according to the current November 2011 version of the World Register of Marine Species, all species within the family Conidae are in the genus Conus. The binomial names of species in the 82 cone snail genera listed in Tucker & Tenorio 2009 are recognized by the World Register of Marine Species as "alternative representations." Debate within the scientific community regarding this issue continues, and additional molecular phylogeny studies are being carried out in an attempt to clarify the issue.

    All this has been superseded in 2015 by the new classification of the Conidae

    References

    Conasprelloides Wikipedia


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