Lindaconus

Lindaconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lindae (Petuch, E.J., 1987)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Subgenus: Lindaconus
Petuch, 2002
Type species
Conus lindae Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Lindaconus) Petuch, 2002
  • Spuriconus Petuch, 2003

Lindaconus 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), 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

The following species are alternate representation:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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
External identifiers for Lindaconus
WoRMS 579460


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