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Dendroconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Dendroconus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Subgenus
  
Dendroconus Swainson, 1840

Similar
  
Conus, Lithoconus, Virroconus, Gastridium, Darioconus

Dendroconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, 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), Dendroconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Dendroconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

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

  • Genus Conus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Dendroconus Swainson, 1840

    • Species list

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

  • Dendroconus betulinus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Dendroconus biliosus (Röding, 1798: synonym of Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798)
  • Dendroconus buxeus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Conus buxeus (Röding, 1798)
  • Dendroconus figulinus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Dendroconus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Dendroconus medoci (Lorenz, 2004): synonym of Conus medoci Lorenz, 2004
  • Dendroconus neoroseus da Motta, 1993: synonym of Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798)
  • Dendroconus royaikeni Veldsman, 2010: synonym of Conus royaikeni (S. G. Veldsman, 2010)
  • Dendroconus suratensis (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus suratensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

    • References

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