Conus (Quasiconus)
Subgenus of gastropods
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Quasiconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
| Conus (Quasiconus) | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus melvilli (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1879) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Subgenus: | Quasiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Quasiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 | |
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Quasiconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Quasiconus)Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 (type species:Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 ) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758[2]
Species
- Quasiconus melvilli (G.B. Sowerby III, 1879) represented as Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (alternate representation)
- Quasiconus tuticorinensis (Röckel & Korn, 1990) represented as Conus tuticorinensis Röckel & Korn, 1990 (alternate representation)
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