''Hadroconus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Seguenziidae
Seguenziidae is a family (biology), family of very small deepwater sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastr ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hadroconus'' include:
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Hadroconus altus''
(Watson
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, 1879)
*''
Hadroconus diadematus''
Marshall, 1988
*''
Hadroconus grandiosus''
Marshall, 1991
*''
Hadroconus sibogae''
(Schepman
Mattheus Marinus Schepman (17 August 1847 – 19 November 1919) was a Dutch malacologist. He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors.
Dutch collectors ...
, 1908)
*''
Hadroconus watsoni''
( Dall, 1927)
References
* Marshall B.A. (1991). ''Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom'', vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109
External links
Quinn J. (1987). A revision of the Seguenziacea Verrill, 1884. II. The new genera Hadroconus, Rotellenzia, and Asthelys. Nautilus 101(2): 59-68
Seguenziidae
Gastropod genera
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