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Lamniconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Subgenus

Lamniconus

Similar
  
Calibanus, Rolaniconus, Conasprelloides, Calamiconus, Varioconus

Lamniconus 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 latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Lamniconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Lamniconus) da Motta, 1991 (type species: Conus cleerii Reeve, 1844) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

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

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

  • Lamniconus carcellesi (Martins, 1945): synonym of Conus (Lamniconus) carcellesi Martins, 1945 represented as Conus carcellesi Martins, 1945
  • Lamniconus clerii (Reeve, 1844) : synonym of Conus clerii Reeve, 1844
  • Lamniconus lemniscatus (Reeve, 1849) : synonym of Conus lemniscatus Reeve, 1849
  • Lamniconus patriceae Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Conus patriceae (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
  • Lamniconus tostesi (Petuch, 1986): synonym of Conus (Lamniconus) tostesi Petuch, 1986 represented as Conus tostesi Petuch, 1986
  • Lamniconus xanthocinctus (Petuch, 1986) : synonym of Conus xanthocinctus Petuch, 1986

    • References

    Lamniconus Wikipedia
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