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Gastridium (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Genus
  
Conus

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Subgenus
  
Gastridium Modeer, 1793

Similar
  
Conus, Chelyconus, Dendroconus, Virroconus, Darioconus

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

Distinguishing characteristics

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

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Gastridium Modeer, 1793

    • Species list

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

  • Gastridium cuvieri (Crosse, 1858) synonym of Conus cuvieri Crosse, 1858
  • Gastridium eldredi (Morrison, 1955) synonym of Conus eldredi Morrison, 1955
  • Gastridium fragilissimum (Petuch, 1979) synonym of Conus fragilissimus Petuch, 1979
  • Gastridium geographus (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym of Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gastridium tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym of Conus tulipa Linnaeus, 1758

    • References

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