Viminiconus

Viminiconus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella viminea (Reeve, L.A., 1849)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Subgenus: Viminiconus
Tucker & Tenorio, 2009[1]
Synonyms
  • Conasprella (Fusiconus) viminea (Reeve, 1849) ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus vimineus Reeve, 1849 (original combination)
  • Viminiconus vimineus (Reeve, 1849)

Viminiconus is subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conasprella, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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 [3]

Species

References

External identifiers for Viminiconus
WoRMS 581043


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