Fulgiconus

Fulgiconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus moluccensis (Kuester, H.C., 1838)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Subfamily:	Puncticuliinae
Genus:	Fulgiconus da Motta, 1991
Synonyms
Conus (Phasmoconus) Mörch, 1852

Fulgiconus is a synonym of Conus (Phasmoconus) Mörch, 1852 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 This name was used for a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Species list

This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Fulgiconus include:^[1]

• Fulgiconus exiguus (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810
• Fulgiconus goudeyi (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012): synonym of Conus goudeyi (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012)
• Fulgiconus marielae (Rehder & Wilson, 1975): synonym of Conus marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975
• Fulgiconus moluccensis (Küster, 1838): synonym of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838
• Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009): synonym of Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009

References

Further reading

• Kohn A. A. (1992). Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840". Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
• Monteiro A. (ed.) (2007). The Cone Collector 1: 1-28.
• Berschauer D. (2010). Technology and the Fall of the Mono-Generic Family The Cone Collector 15: pp. 51-54
• Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P., and Olivera B.M. (2011), Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea), Zoologica Scripta 40(4) 350-363.

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Gastropods.com: Conidae setting forth the genera recognized therein.