''Quasiconus'' is a

subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed betw ...

of sea snails,

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gastropod

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s in the genus ''Conus'',

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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, group ...

, the

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and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Quasiconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581040 on 2012-01-21 In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Quasiconus'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'' as ''Conus (Quasiconus)''Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 (type species:''Conus melvilli'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 ) represented as ''

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 ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). ''One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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Species

* ''Quasiconus melvilli'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1879) represented as ''

Conus melvilli ''Conus melvilli'', common name Melvill's cone, is a 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 (frequent ...

'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (alternate representation) * ''Quasiconus tuticorinensis'' (Röckel & Korn, 1990) represented as '' Conus tuticorinensis'' Röckel & Korn, 1990 (alternate representation)

References

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
Conidae Gastropod subgenera {{Conidae-stub