Conorbiinae Explained

Conorbiinae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.^[1]

This subfamily has also been written by several authors as "Conorbinae". (^[2] and was a long time considered a subfamily of the Turridae.

Bouchet, Kantor et al. elevated in 2011 the subfamily Conorbiinae to the rank of family Conorbidae. This was based on anatomical characters (radular tooth and shell characters) and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene fragments ^[3]

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Conorbiinae include :^[4]

• Benthofascis Iredale, 1936
• Conorbis Swainson, 1840

Notes and References

1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). . 397 pp.
2. N. Puillandre et al., Starting to unravel the toxoglossan knot: Molecular phylogeny of the “turrids” (Neogastropoda: Conoidea), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2008, Pages 1122-1134
3. https://archive.today/20120710161524/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
4. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153962 World Register of Marine Species : Conorbiinae