Continuconus Explained

Continuconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Continuconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Klemaeconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 ^[2]

Species

This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the subgenus Conasprelloides include:

• Continuconus estivali (Moolenbeek & Richard, 1995): synonym of Conus estivali Moolenbeek & Richard, 1995
• Continuconus hirasei (Kuroda, 1956): synonym of Conus hirasei (Kuroda, 1956)
• Continuconus plinthis (Richard & Moolenbeek, 1988): synonym of Conus plinthis Richard & Moolenbeek, 1988
• Continuconus pseudokimioi (da Motta & Martin, 1982): synonym of Conasprella pseudokimioi (da Motta & Martin, 1982)

References

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. page(s): 39

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Continuconus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754294 on 2015-06-24
2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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