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Hermes (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Subgenus
  
HermesMontfort, 1810

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Scientific name
  
Hermes

Rank
  
Genus

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Hermes 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), Hermes has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Hermes) Montfort, 1810 (type species: Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Conus Thiele, 1929

Distinguishing characteristics

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

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Hermes Montfort, 1810

    • Species list

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

  • Hermes nussatella (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus (Hermes) nussatella Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758

    • The following species have become synonyms of other subgenera of Conus or Conasprella.

  • Hermes artoptus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of Conus artoptus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
  • Hermes austroviola (Röckel & Korn, 1992): synonym of Conus austroviola Röckel & Korn, 1992
  • Hermes kawanishii Shikama, 1970: synonym of Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hermes lizarum Raybaudi Massilia & da Motta, 1992: synonym of Conasprella lizarum (Raybaudi Massilia & da Motta, 1992)
  • Hermes terryni (Tenorio & Poppe, 2004): synonym of Conus terryni Tenorio & Poppe, 2004
  • Hermes triggi Cotton, 1945: synonym of Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839)
  • Hermes viola (Cernohorsky, 1977): synonym of Conus viola Cernohorsky, 1977
  • Hermes violaceus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791

    • References

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