''Fulgiconus'' is a synonym of ''Conus (Phasmoconus)''
Mörch, 1852 represented as ''
Conus
''Conus'' is a genus of venomous and predatory cone snails.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&i ...
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Linnaeus, 1758 This name was used for a
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gastropod
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s in the family
Conidae, the
cone snails and their allies.
Species list
This list of species is based on the information in the
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) list. Species within the genus ''Fulgiconus'' include:
* ''Fulgiconus exiguus'' (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of ''
Conus exiguus'' Lamarck, 1810
* ''Fulgiconus goudeyi'' (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012): synonym of ''
Conus goudeyi'' (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012)
* ''Fulgiconus marielae'' (Rehder & Wilson, 1975): synonym of ''
Conus marielae'' Rehder & Wilson, 1975
* ''Fulgiconus moluccensis'' (Küster, 1838): synonym of ''
Conus moluccensis'' Küster, 1838
* ''Fulgiconus vappereaui'' (Monteiro, 2009): synonym of ''
Conus vappereaui'' Monteiro, 2009
References
Further reading
* Kohn A. A. (1992). "Chronological Taxonomy of ''Conus'', 1758-1840". Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
* Monteiro A. (ed.) (2007)
The Cone Collector 1 1-28.
* Berschauer D. (2010). ''Technology and the Fall of the Mono-Generic Family'
The Cone Collector 15 pp. 51-54
* Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P., and Olivera B.M. (2011), ''Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea)'', Zoologica Scripta 40(4) 350–363.
External links
To World Register of Marine Species Gastropods.com: ''Conidae'' setting forth the genera recognized therein.
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