Viminiconus Explained

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

In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Dalliconus has become a subgenus of Conasprella: Conasprella (Dalliconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 represented as Conasprella Thiele, 1929 ^[2]

Species

• Viminiconus vimineus (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Conasprella viminea (Reeve, 1849) (alternate representation)

References

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. page(s): 152

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Viminiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581043 on 2012-01-21
2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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