Turriconus

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

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

Apertural view of shell of Conus andremenezi Olivera & Biggs, 2010, measuring 37.6 mm in height, trawled at 80 fms. off Aliguay Island, in the Philippines.
Apertural view of shell of Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010, measuring 29.3 mm in height, trawled at 80 fms. off Aliguay Island, in the Philippines.

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
  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.
  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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