Pseudoconorbis

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

Pseudoconorbis
Apertural view of shell of Conasprella coromandelica (E.A. Smith, 1894) with operculum, measuring 35.4 mm in height, dredged at 250 feet off Madras, in India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Subfamily:
Coninae
Genus:
Pseudoconorbis

Tucker & Tenorio, 2009
Type species
Conorbis coromandelicus (E.A. Smith, 1894)

This species has become a synonym of Conasprella

Species

Species within the genus Pseudoconorbis include:

  • Pseudoconorbis adamii L. Bozzetti, 1994: synonym of Genotina adamii (L. Bozzetti, 1994)
  • Pseudoconorbis coromandelicus (E.A. Smith, 1894): synonym of Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894)
  • Pseudoconorbis traceyi Tucker & Stahlschmidt, 2010:[2] synonym of Conasprella traceyi (Tucker & Stahlschmidt, 2010)

References
  1. Pseudoconorbis Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2011.
  2. Tucker J.K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2010) A second species of Pseudoconorbis (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from India. Miscellanea Malacologica 4(3): 31-34. [Published 8 August 2010]


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