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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus cumingii(Reeve, L.A., 1848) | |
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Subgenus: | Rhizoconus Mörch, 1852 |
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Conus milesLinnaeus, 1758 |
Rhizoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1] [2]
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Rhizoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Rhizoconus)Mörch, 1852 (type species: Conus milesLinnaeus, 1758 ) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758. [3]
The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]
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