Conus (Pyruconus)
Subgenus of gastropods
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Pyruconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
| Conus (Pyruconus) | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Conus patricius (Hinds, 1843) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Subgenus: | Pyruconus Olsson, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| Conus patricius Hinds, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pyruconus Olsson, 1967 | |
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Pyruconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Pyruconus) Olsson, 1967 (type species: Conus patricius Hinds, 1843) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758[3]
Species
- Pyruconus fergusoni (G.B. Sowerby II, 1873) represented as Conus fergusoni G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (alternate representation)
- Pyruconus patricius (Hinds, 1843) represented as Conus patricius Hinds, 1843 (alternate representation)
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