Virroconus

Virroconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus chaldaeus(Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Virroconus Iredale, 1930
Type species
Conus ebraeusLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Conus (Virroconus)Iredale, 1930

Virroconus 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), Virroconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Virroconus)Iredale, 1930 (type species: Conus ebraeusLinnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 ^[3]

Species

• Virroconus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798)
• Virroconus ebraeus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758
• Virroconus judaeus (Bergh, 1895): synonym of Conus judaeus Bergh, 1895

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Virroconus Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428975 on 2012-01-21
2. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
3. 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