Conus (Turriconus)
Subgenus of gastropods
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Turriconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2][3]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus excelsus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Subgenus: | Turriconus Shikama & Habe, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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[4]
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[5]
- 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
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