''Sciteconus'' is a
subgenus
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusks in the genus ''Conus'',
family Conidae
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, the
cone snails
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and their allies.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Sciteconus'' da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579450 on 2012-01-21][Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.]
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Sciteconus'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'' as ''Conus (Sciteconus)''
da Motta, 1991 (type species: ''Conus algoensis''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) 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 at ...
''
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](_blank)
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Species
* ''Sciteconus algoensis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) represented as '' Conus algoensis'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (alternate representation)
* ''Sciteconus bairstowi'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) represented as '' Conus bairstowi'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (alternate representation)
* ''Sciteconus brianhayesi'' (Korn, 2001) represented as '' Conus brianhayesi'' Korn, 2001 (alternate representation)
* ''Sciteconus gradatulus'' (Weinkauff, 1875) represented as '' Conus gradatulus'' Weinkauff, 1875 (alternate representation)
* ''Sciteconus infrenatus'' (Reeve, 1848) represented as '' Conus infrenatus'' Reeve, 1848 (alternate representation)
* ''Sciteconus mozambicus'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as '' Conus mozambicus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
* ''Sciteconus pictus'' (Reeve, 1843) represented as '' Conus pictus'' Reeve, 1843 (alternate representation)
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Conidae
Gastropod subgenera
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