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Eremiconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Eremiconus

Subgenus
  
EremiconusTucker & Tenorio, 2009

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Eremiconus 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), Eremiconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Eremiconus) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

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

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

    • Species list

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

  • Eremiconus albellus Röckel & Korn, 1990 : synonym of Conus (Eremiconus) albellus Röckel & Korn, 1990, represented as Conus albellus Röckel & Korn, 1990
  • Eremiconus colmani Röckel & Korn, 1990 : synonym of Conus (Eremiconus) colmani Röckel & Korn, 1990 , represented as Conus colmani Röckel & Korn, 1990
  • Eremiconus limpusi Röckel & Korn, 1990: synonym of Conus (Eremiconus) limpusi Röckel & Korn, 1990, represented as Conus limpusi Röckel & Korn, 1990
  • Eremiconus lizardensis Crosse, 1865 : synonym of Conus (Eremiconus) lizardensis Crosse, 1865, represented as [[Conus lizardensis]] Crosse, 1865
  • Eremiconus minnamurra (Garrard, 1961): synonym of Conus (Eremiconus) minnamurra (Garrard, 1961), represented as Conus minnamurra (Garrard, 1961)

    • References

    Eremiconus Wikipedia
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