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Harmoniconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Harmoniconus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Subgenus
  
Harmoniconusda Motta, 1991

Similar
  
Calibanus, Conus parvatus, Calamiconus, Conus sponsalis, Turriconus

Harmoniconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the 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), Harmoniconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Harmoniconus) da Motta, 1991 (type species: Conus musicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus Thiele, 1929

Distinguishing characteristics

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

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

    The following species names are recognized as "alternate representations" (see full explanation below) in contrast to the traditional system, which uses the genus Conus for all species in the family:

  • Harmoniconus mcbridei (Lorenz, 2005): synonym of Conus mcbridei Lorenz, 2005
  • Harmoniconus musicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus musicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Harmoniconus nanus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of Conus nanus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
  • Harmoniconus nux (Broderip, 1833): synonym of Conus nux Broderip, 1833
  • Harmoniconus parvatus (Walls, 1979): synonym of Conus parvatus Walls, 1979
  • Harmoniconus paukstisi Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011: synonym of Conus (Harmoniconus) paukstisi (Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011) represented as Conus paukstisi (Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011)
  • Harmoniconus sponsalis (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

    • References

    Harmoniconus Wikipedia
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