Afonsoconus

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Afonsoconus
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Afonsoconus

Tucker & Tenorio, 2013
Type species
Chelyconus kinoshitai Kuroda, 1956
Synonyms

Conus (Afonsoconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2013

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Afonsoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, 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), Afonsoconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Afonsoconus) Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929 [2]

List of synonyms

  • Conus (Afonsoconus) bruuni Powell, 1958 represented as Conus bruuni Powell, 1958 (alternate representation)
  • Conus (Afonsoconus) kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) represented as Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) (alternate representation)

References

  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. page(s): 35