Conus (Virroconus)
Subgenus of molluscs
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Virroconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Subgenus: | Virroconus Iredale, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758< | |
| 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), 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
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