Lindaconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Lindaconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lindae (Petuch, E.J., 1987)
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Lindaconus

Petuch, 2002
Type species
Conus lindae Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Lindaconus) Petuch, 2002
  • Spuriconus Petuch, 2003

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Lindaconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Lindaconus) Petuch, 2002 (type species: Conus lindae Petuch, 1987) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]

Species

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The following species are alternate representation:[1]

  • Lindaconus bahamensis (Vink & Röckel, 1995): synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) bahamensis Vink & Röckel, 1995 represented as Conus bahamensis Vink & Röckel, 1995
  • Lindaconus lindae (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) lindae Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus lindae Petuch, 1987
  • Lindaconus spurius (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) spurius Gmelin, 1791 represented as Conus spurius Gmelin, 1791
  • Lindaconus spurius baylei (Jousseaume, 1872): synonym of Conus spurius baylei Jousseaume, 1872
  • Lindaconus therriaulti Petuch, 2013: synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) therriaulti (Petuch, 2013) represented as Conus therriaulti (Petuch, 2013)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2011). Lindaconus Petuch, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579460 on 2012-01-21
  2. ^ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  3. ^ Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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