Protostrioconus
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| Protostrioconus | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Protostrioconus obscurus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Protostrioconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009[1] |
Protostrioconus is a proposed genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2] This genus currently (January 2012) is still treated by some experts as an "alternative representation" of this group of species.
When the "alternative representations" are not used, this group of species is instead still placed in the Linnaean genus Conus.
Species
The following species are alternate representation:[2]
- Protostrioconus obscurus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) represented as Conus obscurus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 (alternate representation)
References
- ↑ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2011). Protostrioconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574725 on 2012-01-21
External links
| External identifiers for Protostrioconus | |
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| WoRMS | 574725 |
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