Tenorioconus

Tenorioconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus aurantius (Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Tenorioconus
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011[1]
Type species
Conus cedonulli Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852
  • Protoconus da Motta, 1991 (Invalid: junior homonym of Protoconus Yu, 1979 and Protoconus Stinchcomb, 1986; Tenorioconus is a replacement name)
Apertural view of shell of Conus archon Broderip, 1833, measuring 64.4 mm in height, dredged at 290 ft. off Danzante Island, in Mexico.

Tenorioconus is a synonym of Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852,: synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758. These are sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2][3]

Species

The following species are alternate representation:[2]

The species Protoconus hanshassi Lorenz & Barbier, 2012 is a cone from the Philippines, discovered in 2012 and improperly categorized under the invalid junior homonym Protoconus (According to WoRMS the genus Protoconus da Motta, 1991 is accepted as Tenorioconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011), hence it is more properly known as Tenorioconus hanshassi, synonym of Conus hanshassi (Lorenz & Barbier, 2012) .[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Petuch E.J. & Drolshagen M. (2011) Compendium of Florida fossil shells, volume 1. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 412 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2011). Tenorioconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579940 on 2012-01-21
  3. ↑ Petuch E.J. & Drolshagen M. (2011) Compendium of Florida fossil shells, volume 1. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 412 pp.
  4. ↑ Tenorioconus hanshassi Lorenz & Barbier, 2012.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Lorenz F. & Barbier J.P. (2012) Two new cones from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae). Acta Conchyliorum 11: 3-10. [April 2012] page(s): 5

External links

External identifiers for Tenorioconus
WoRMS 579940


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