Turriconus

Turriconus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus excelsus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Subgenus:	Turriconus; Shikama & Habe, 1968
Type species
	Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968;
Synonyms
	Conus (Turriconus) Shikama & Habe, 1968

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

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Turriconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Turriconus)Shikama & Habe, 1968 (type species: Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 ^[3]

Species

Turriconus acutangulus (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810 (alternate representation)
Turriconus andremenezi (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus andremenezi Olivera & Biggs, 2010^[4]
Turriconus beatrix (Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007): synonym of Conus beatrix Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007
Turriconus excelsus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908): synonym of Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 (alternate representation)
Turriconus gratacapii (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Conus gratacapii Pilsbry, 1904
Turriconus milesi (E. A. Smith, 1887) : synonym of Conus milesi E. A. Smith, 1887
Turriconus miniexcelsus (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus miniexcelsus Olivera & Biggs, 2010
Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968 : synonym of Conus excelsus G. B. Sowerby III, 1908
Turriconus praecellens (A. Adams, 1855): synonym of Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1855
Turriconus rizali (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010

References

^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Turriconus Shikama & Habe, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430139 on 2012-01-21
^ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
^ 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
^ Biggs, J. S., Watkins, M. Showers Corneli, P. and Olivera, B. M. (2010). Defining a clade by morphological, molecular, and toxinological criteria: distinctive forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Nautilus 124:1-19

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2011). Turriconus Shikama & Habe, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430139 on 2012-01-21

[2] Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

[Puillandre-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

[4] Biggs, J. S., Watkins, M. Showers Corneli, P. and Olivera, B. M. (2010). Defining a clade by morphological, molecular, and toxinological criteria: distinctive forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda: Conidae). Nautilus 124:1-19

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