Conomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[2]
| Conomurex | |
|---|---|
| |
| Conomurex decorus (Réunion island) | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Conomurex Schumacher, 1817[1] |
| Type species | |
| Conomurex luhuanus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Conomurex include:
- Conomurex coniformis (Sowerby, 1842)
- Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
- Conomurex fasciatus (Born, 1778)
- Conomurex luhuanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)
-
Five views of a shell of Conomurex decorus -
-
Conomurex luhuanus ("strawberry conch") -
References
edit- ^ Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test., 66: 219.
- ^ a b Conomurex Bayle in P. Fischer, 1884. WoRMS (2009). Conomurex. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531648 on 22 March 2011 .
- Bandel K. (2007) About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). Freiberger Forschungshefte, ser. C 524: 97-206
- Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131–164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conomurex.