Lividoconus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Conidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Conoidea Subgenus Lividoconus Wils, 1970

Similar Calamiconus, Miliariconus, Rolaniconus, Virroconus, Rhizoconus

Lividoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Lividoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Lividoconus) Wils, 1970 (type species Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

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

Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758

Subgenus Lividoconus Wils, 1970

Species list

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

Lividoconus biliosus (Röding, 1798) is equivalent to Conus biliosus (Röding, 1798)

Lividoconus conco (Puillandre, Stöcklin, Favreau, Bianchi, Perret, Rivasseau, Limpalaër, Monnier & Bouchet, 2015): synonym of Conus conco Puillandre, Stöcklin, Favreau, Bianchi, Perret, Rivasseau, Limpalaër, Monnier & Bouchet, 2015

Lividoconus diadema (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) is equivalent to Conus diadema G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Lividoconus floridulus (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) is equivalent to Conus floridulus A. Adams & Reeve, 1848

Lividoconus lividus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) is equivalent to Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Lividoconus muriculatus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) is equivalent to Conus muriculatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Lividoconus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) is equivalent to Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

References

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