Conomurex

Conomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[2]

Conomurex
Conomurex decorus (Réunion island)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Conomurex
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Conomurex luhuanus
Synonyms[2]
  • Decostrombus Bandel, 2007
  • Strombus (Conomurex) Bayle in Fischer, 1884

Species

Species within the genus Conomurex include:

References

  1. Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test., 66: 219.
  2. Conomurex Bayle in P. Fischer, 1884 . WoRMS (2009). Conomurex. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531648 on 22 March 2011 .
  • Bandel K. (2007) About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). Freiberger Forschungshefte, ser. C 524: 97-206
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.


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