Ximeniconus is subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conasprella, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural view of shell of Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839) | |
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| Subgenus: | Ximeniconus Emerson & Old, 1962
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| Conus ximenes Gray, 1839 | |
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Conasprella (Ximeniconus) Emerson & Old, 1962 | |
In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Ximeniconus has become a subgenus of Conasprella: Conasprella (Ximeniconus) Emerson & Old, 1962 represented as Conasprella Thiele, 1929 [2]
Species
edit- Ximeniconus gubernatrix Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 : synonym of Conasprella (Ximeniconus) gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) represented as Conasprella gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) (original combination)
- Ximeniconus mahogani (Reeve, 1843) represented as Conasprella mahogani (Reeve, 1843) (alternate representation)
- Ximeniconus ximenes (Gray, 1839): synonym of Conasprella ximenes Gray, 1839
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Ximeniconus Emerson & Old, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581045 on 2012-01-21
- ^ 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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