Quasiconus

Quasiconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus melvilli (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1879)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Subgenus:	Quasiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009
Type species
Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879

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

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Quasiconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Quasiconus)Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 (type species:Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 ) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 ^[2]

Species

• Quasiconus melvilli (G.B. Sowerby III, 1879) represented as Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (alternate representation)
• Quasiconus tuticorinensis (Röckel & Korn, 1990) represented as Conus tuticorinensis Röckel & Korn, 1990 (alternate representation)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Quasiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581040 on 2012-01-21
2. 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

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species