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Virroconus

Subgenus of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Virroconus
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Virroconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

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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]

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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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