''Seminoleconus'' is a synonym of ''Conus (Stephanoconus)''
Mörch, 1852 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.
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sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
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Conidae
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cone snails
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and their allies.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Seminoleconus'' Petuch, 2003. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Species which at one point were listed in the genus ''Seminoleconus'' have been placed in the genus ''
Tenorioconus
''Tenorioconus'' is a synonym of ''Conus (Stephanoconus)'' Mörch, 1852,: synonym of ''Conus'' Linnaeus, 1758. These are sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Tenor ...
'', including ''Seminoleconus cedonulli'' (Linnaeus, 1767), ''Seminoleconus mappa'' (Lightfoot, 1786), ''Seminoleconus aurantius'' (Hwass, 1792), ''Seminoleconus curassaviensis'' (Hwass, 1792), ''Seminoleconus archon'' (Broderip, 1833), ''Seminoleconus scopulorum'' Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1971, ''Seminoleconus pseudaurantius'' Vink & Cosel, 1985, ''Seminoleconus harlandi'' Petuch, 1987, ''Seminoleconus duffyi'' Petuch, 1992, and ''Seminoleconus julieandreae'' Cargile, 1995. All these have become synonyms.
Several species of fossil cone shells have been named in the genus, including ''Seminoleconus violetae'' Petuch 1988, ''Seminoleconus trippae'' Petuch 1991, and ''Seminoleconus diegelae'' Petuch 1994.
References
External links
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