Conorbis

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Conorbis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conorbidae
Genus: Conorbis
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Species

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Conorbis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae. [2]

This genus was formerly classified in the family Conidae by Vredenburg (1921) [3] in the clade Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002) [4] and in the subfamily Conorbiinae by Harzhauser (2007). [5]

Conorbis is the type genus of the family Conorbidae. [6] The type species of the genus Conorbis is extinct. [6] Species in this genus lack nadules.

Species

Species within the genus Conorbis include: [7]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

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  10. WoRMS (2010). Conorbis adamii Bozzetti, 1994. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433396 on 2011-01-10
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  13. Long, D.C. (1981) Late Eocene and early Oligocene Turridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata) of the Brown’s Creek and Glen Aire Clays, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 42, 15–55, pls. 4–7