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Plicaustraconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Plicaustraconus

Subgenus
  
PlicaustraconusMoolenbeek, 2008

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Plicaustraconus 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), Plicaustraconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Plicaustraconus) Moolenbeek, 2008 (type species:Conus advertex (Garrard, 1961)) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

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

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • Subgenus Plicaustraconus Moolenbeek, 2008

    • Species list

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

  • Plicaustraconus advertex (Garrard, 1961): synonym of Conus advertex (Garrard, 1961)
  • Plicaustraconus angasi (Tryon, 1884): synonym of Conus angasi Tryon, 1884
  • Plicaustraconus baeri (Röckel & Korn, 1992): synonym of Conus (Plicaustraconus) baeri Röckel & Korn, 1992 represented as Conus baeri Röckel & Korn, 1992
  • Plicaustraconus bonfigliolii (Bozzetti, 2010): synonym of Conus bonfigliolii (Bozzetti, 2010)
  • Plicaustraconus felix (Fenzan, 2012): synonym of Conus (Plicaustraconus) felix Fenzan, 2012 represented as Conus felix Fenzan, 2012
  • Plicaustraconus lozeti (Richard, 1980): synonym of Conus lozeti Richard, 1980
  • Plicaustraconus trigonus (Reeve, 1848): synonym of Conus trigonus Reeve, 1848
  • Plicaustraconus visagenus (Kilburn, 1974): synonym of Conus visagenus Kilburn, 1974
  • Plicaustraconus wallangra (Garrard, 1961): synonym of Conus wallangra (Garrard, 1961)

    • References

    Plicaustraconus Wikipedia
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