Profundiconus Explained

Profundiconus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^{[1] [2] [3]}

As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous.^[4]

This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Profundiconinae Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018. This is an alternate representation for the family Conidae.

Species

• Profundiconus barazeri Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
• Profundiconus cakobaui (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008)
• Profundiconus dondani (Kosuge, 1981)
• Profundiconus emersoni (Hanna, 1963)
• Profundiconus frausseni (Tenorio & Poppe, 2004)
• † Profundiconus hennigi Hendricks, 2015
• Profundiconus ikedai (Ninomiya, 1987)
• Profundiconus jeanmartini G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992
• Profundiconus kanakinus (Richard, 1983)
• Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979)
• Profundiconus limpalaeri Tenorio & Monnier, 2016
• Profundiconus loyaltiensis (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1995)
• Profundiconus maribelae Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
• Profundiconus neocaledonicus Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
• Profundiconus neotorquatus (da Motta, 1985)
• Profundiconus pacificus (Moolenbeek & Röckel, 1996)
• Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956)
• Profundiconus puillandrei Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
• Profundiconus rashafunensis Bozzetti, 2021
• Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki Tenorio, 2016
• Profundiconus scopulicola Okutani, 1972
• Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
• Profundiconus smirnoides Tenorio, 2015
• Profundiconus stahlschmidti Tenorio & Tucker, 2014
• Profundiconus tarava (Rabiller & Richard, 2014)
• Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
• Profundiconus tuberculosus (Tomlin, 1937)
• Profundiconus vaubani (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1995)
• Profundiconus virginiae Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
• Profundiconus weii Lorenz & Barbier, 2019
• Profundiconus zardoyai Tenorio, 2015

Species brought into synonymy:

• Profundiconus bayeri (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus bayeri Petuch, 1987
• Profundiconus darkini (Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993) represented as Conus darkini Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993 (alternate representation)
• Profundiconus luciae (Moolenbeek, 1986) represented as Conus luciae Moolenbeek, 1986 (alternate representation)
• Profundiconus soyomaruae Okutani, 1964: synonym of Conus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956), synonym of Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956)

References

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• 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
• Tenorio M.J. & Castelin M. (2016). Genus Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956 (Gastropoda, Conoidea): Morphological and molecular studies, with the description of five new species from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. European Journal of Taxonomy. 173: 1-45

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428962 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. 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
4. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel_Jimenez-Tenorio/publication/257272448_Cone_radular_anatomy_as_a_proxy_for_phylogeny_and_for_conotoxin_diversity/links/0c960524c122926ede000000.pdf M Jiménez-Tenorio (2011), Cone radular anatomy as a proxy for phylogeny and for conotoxin diversity; researchgate.net