Conasprella (Ximeniconus)
Subgenus of gastropods
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Ximeniconus is subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the genus Conasprella, family Conidae.[1]
| Conasprella (Ximeniconus) | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Subgenus: | Ximeniconus Emerson & Old, 1962 |
| Type species | |
| Conus ximenes Gray, 1839 | |
| Synonyms | |
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In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Ximeniconus has become a subgenus of Conasprella: Conasprella (Ximeniconus) Emerson & Old, 1962 represented as Conasprella Thiele, 1929[2]
Species
- Ximeniconus gubernatrix Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 : synonym of Conasprella (Ximeniconus) gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) represented as Conasprella gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) (original combination)
- Ximeniconus mahogani (Reeve, 1843) represented as Conasprella mahogani (Reeve, 1843) (alternate representation)
- Ximeniconus ximenes (Gray, 1839): synonym of Conasprella ximenes Gray, 1839
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