Virroconus

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

Virroconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Virroconus

Iredale, 1930
Type species
Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Conus (Virroconus) Iredale, 1930

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Virroconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Virroconus) Iredale, 1930 (type species: Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]

Species
  • Virroconus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798)
  • Virroconus ebraeus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Virroconus judaeus (Bergh, 1895): synonym of Conus judaeus Bergh, 1895

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Virroconus Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428975 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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