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Eugeniconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Subgenus

Eugeniconus

Similar
  
Kioconus, Darioconus, Asprella, Pionoconus, Gradiconus

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

Distinguishing characteristics

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

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Eugeniconus 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 Eugeniconus include:

  • Eugeniconus cordigera (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866): synonym of Conus (Eugeniconus) cordigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 represented as Conus cordigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  • Eugeniconus friedae da Motta, 1991: synonym of Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eugeniconus marchionatus (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Conus (Eugeniconus) marchionatus Hinds, 1843, represented as Conus marchionatus Hinds, 1843
  • Eugeniconus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus (Eugeniconus) nobilis Linnaeus, 1758, represented as Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758

    • References

    Eugeniconus Wikipedia
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