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Ductoconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Subgenus

Ductoconus

Similar
  
Kioconus, Gradiconus, Darioconus, Asprella, Dauciconus

Ductoconus 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 latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Ductoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Ductoconus) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

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

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Ductoconus da Motta, 1991

    • Species list

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

  • Ductoconus hieroglyphus Duclos, 1833: synonym of Conus (Ductoconus) hieroglyphus Duclos, 1833, represented as Conus hieroglyphus Duclos, 1833
  • Ductoconus princeps (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus (Ductoconus) da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758

    • References

    Ductoconus Wikipedia
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