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Genus of gastropods

Protostrioconus
Apertural view of shell of Conus obscurus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Protostrioconus
Tucker & Tenorio, 2009
Type species
Conus obscurus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms

Conus (Gastridium) Modeer, 1793

Protostrioconus is a synonym of Conus (Gastridium) Modeer, 1793 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758. These are sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Species

  • Protostrioconus obscurus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) represented as Conus obscurus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 (alternate representation)

References

  1. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Protostrioconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574725 on 2012-01-21

External links

Taxon identifiers
Protostrioconus


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