Puncticulis

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

Puncticulis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus arenatus (Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Subgenus:
Puncticulis

Swainson, 1840
Type species
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms

Conus (Puncticulis) Swainson, 1840

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Puncticulis has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Puncticulis)Swainson, 1840 (type species: Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]

Species
  • Puncticulis arenatus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
  • Puncticulis pulicarius (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus pulicarius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
  • Puncticulis zeylanicus (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus zeylanicus Gmelin, 1791 (alternate representation)
  • Conus (Puncticulis) caracteristicus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 represented as Conus caracteristicus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Conus (Puncticulis) vautieri Kiener, 1847 represented as Conus vautieri Kiener, 1847

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Puncticulis Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574742 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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