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Conidae
Conidae, with the current common name of " cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups only cone snails in the family Conidae. Some previous classifications grouped the cone snails in a subfamily, Coninae. As of March 2015 Conidae contained over 800 recognized species. Working in 18th-century Europe, Carl Linnaeus knew of only 30 species that are still considered valid. The snails within this family are sophisticated predatory animals. They hunt and immobilize prey using a modified radular tooth along with a venom gland containing neurotoxins; the tooth is launched out of the snail's mouth in a harpoon-like action. Because all cone snails are venomous and capable of "stinging" humans, live ones should be handled with great care or preferably not at all. Current taxonomy In the ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'', in 2014, Pui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliconus
''Lilliconus'' is subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus ''Conasprella'', family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella (Lilliconus) G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834391 on 2015-03-25 In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Lilliconus'' has become a subgenus of ''Conasprella'': ''Conasprella (Lilliconus)'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 represented as ''Conasprella'' Thiele, 1929 Distinguishing characteristics The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes ''Lilliconus'' from ''Conus'' in the following ways:Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009), Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, ConchBooks, Hankenheim, Germany, 295 pp. * Genus ''Conus'' '' sensu stricto'' Linnaeus, 1758 :: Shell characters (living an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Californiconus
''Californiconus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. The experts at WoRMS place this group of species in the family Conidae, the cone snails, but some other experts placed previously the genus in a proposed family, the Conilithidae. This is a monotypic genus. Use of this genus in the binomial name of this species was, until 2015, treated by the experts at WoRMS as an "alternative representation" of the species. (When the "alternative representation" was not used, this species was still placed in the Linnaean genus '' Conus''.) In 2015 Puillandre ''et al.'' placed ''Conus californicus'' as the sole member of its own genus as '' Californiconus californicus'' This species has always been considered a species with unique characteristics within ''Conidae'', because it shows diverging molecular (including toxicological) and morphological characteristics. Its generalist diet includes fish, other molluscs and worms, contrary to what is the case in other cone s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conasprella
''Conasprella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428971 on 2015-02-28 This genus was formerly (February 2015) treated by some experts as a member of the family Conilithidae and as an "alternative representation" of this group of species. Distinguishing characteristics The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes ''Conasprella'' from ''Conus'' in the following ways:Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009), Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, ConchBooks, Hankenheim, Germany, 295 pp. * Genus ''Conus'' '' sensu stricto'' Linnaeus, 1758 :: Shell characters (living and fossil species) :::The basic shell shape is conical to elongated conical, has a deep anal notch on the shoulder, a smooth periostracum and a small operculum. The shou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conoidea
Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered by one authority to contain 4,000 named living species. This superfamily includes the turrids, the terebras (also known as auger snails or auger shells) and the cones or cone snails. The phylogenetic relationships within this superfamily are poorly established. Several families (especially the Turridae), subfamilies and genera are thought to be polyphyletic. In contrast to Puillandre's estimate, Bandyopadhyay et al. (2008) estimated that the superfamily Conoidea contains about 10,000 species. Tucker (2004) even speaks of 11,350 species in the group of taxa commonly referred to as turrids.Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' Zootaxa 682:1–1295. 3000 recent taxa are potentially valid s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyonia
''Kenyonia'' is a genus or subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Kenyonia'' Brazier, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581059 on 2012-01-21 In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Kenyonia'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'': ''Conus (Kenyonia)'' Brazier, 1896 represented as '' Conus'' Thiele, 1929 In the same study it is also treated as genus incertae sedis within the family Conidae. In 1966 Powell suggested this was actually a turrid, and thought it to be synonym to '' Conopleura''. A re-evaluation was made by an article in the malacological journal Nautilus by Donn L. Tippetl and John K. Tucker: ''Taxonomic Notes on Kenyonia Brazier and Conopleura Hinds (Gastropoda: Conoidea)'' and concluded to it belongs to the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conus
''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137813 on 2015-11-12 Prior to 2009, cone snail species had all traditionally been grouped into the single genus ''Conus''. However, ''Conus'' is now more precisely defined, and there are several other accepted genera of cone snails. For a list of the currently accepted genera, see Conidae. Description The thick shell of species in the genus ''Conus'' sensu stricto, is obconic, with the whorls enrolled upon themselves. The spire is short, smooth or tuberculated. The narrow aperture is elongated with parallel margins and is truncated at the base. The operculum is very small relative to the size of the shell. It is corneous, narrowly elongated, with an apical nucleus, and the impres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malagasyconus
''Malagasyconus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Malagasyconus Monnier & Tenorio, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828557 on 2018-12-26Monnier E. & Tenorio M. (2015). Malagasyconus (Gastropoda: Conidae), a new genus from southern Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 47-51. Habitat This genus is found in the following habitats: * Marine Species The following species were brought into synonymy: * ''Malagasyconus bonfigliolii ''(Bozzetti, 2010): synonym of ''Conus (Malagasyconus) bonfigliolii'' (Bozzetti, 2010) represented as '' Conus bonfigliolii'' (Bozzetti, 2010) * ''Malagasyconus lozeti ''(Richard, 1980): synonym of ''Conus (Malagasyconus) lozeti'' Richard, 1980 represented as ''Conus lozeti ''Conus lozeti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papilliconus
''Papilliconus'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Papilliconus Tracey & Craig, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052044 on 2018-12-26Tracey S., Craig B., Belliard L. & Gain O. (2017). One, four or forty species? - early Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) that led to a radiation and biodiversity peak in the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 3: 1-38. Species Species within the genus ''Papilliconus'' include: * † ''Papilliconus papillatus'' Tracey & Craig, 2017 * † ''Papilliconus radulfivillensis ''Papilliconus radulfivillensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profundiconus
''Profundiconus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Profundiconus'' Kuroda, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialis ... at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428962 on 2012-01-21 As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous. This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Profundiconinae Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018. This is an alternate representation for the family Conidae. Species * '' Profundiconus barazeri'' Tenorio & Castelin, 2016 * '' Profundiconus cakobaui'' (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008) * '' Profundiconus dondani'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conilithes
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails. This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the Piacenzian (Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Fossilworks /ref> ''Conolithus'' (Hermannsen, 1846) is an "invalid emendation" of ''Conilithes'' (Swainson, 1840), in the terminology introduced in the Copenhagen Decisions on Zoological Nomenclature (London, 1953: 43). ''Conilithes'' Swains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolilliconus
''Pseudolilliconus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Pseudolilliconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialis ... at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574727 on 2012-01-21 Species * '' Pseudolilliconus boschorum'' (Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993) represented as '' Conus boschorum'' Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993 (alternate representation) * '' Pseudolilliconus korni'' (G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993) represented as '' Conus korni'' G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993 (alternate representation) * '' Pseudolilliconus kuiperi'' (Moolenbeek, 2006) represented as '' Conus kuiperi'' Moolenbeek, 2006 (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herndliconus
''Herndliconus'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ... Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Herndliconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847916 on 2018-12-26Petuch E.J., Drolshagen M. & Herndl G. (2015). Cone shells of the Okeechobean Sea (Pliocene, Pleistocene). Harxheim: Conchbooks. 179 pp. Species References Conidae {{Conidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
