Strategoconus

Strategoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Strategoconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus generalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Subgenus:
Strategoconus

da Motta, 1991
Type species
Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms

Conus (Strategoconus) da Motta, 1991

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Strategoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Strategoconus)da Motta, 1991 (type species:Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]

Species

The following species are alternate representation:[1]

  • Strategoconus generalis (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767 (alternate representation)
  • Strategoconus litoglyphus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus litoglyphus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
  • Strategoconus litteratus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Conus litteratus Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)
  • Strategoconus maldivus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
  • Strategoconus monile (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus monile Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation)
  • Strategoconus splendidulus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) represented as Conus splendidulus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (alternate representation)
  • Strategoconus thomae (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus thomae Gmelin, 1791 (alternate representation)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Strategoconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579473 on 2012-01-21
  2. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  3. 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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