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Conus alexandrinus

Description

Conus alexandrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6510162https://www.gbif.org/species/6510162
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus alexandrinus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusDarioconusIredale 1930
speciesConus alexandrinusKaicher 1977
Generic NameConus
Scientific NameConus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_alexandrinus

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Conus musivus Trovão, 1975GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus musivus
Conus tevesi Trovão, 1978GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus tevesi
Varioconus alexandrinus (Kaicher, 1977)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Varioconus alexandrinus
Varioconus tevesi (Trovão, 1978)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Varioconus tevesi

References

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Filmer R.M. (2001) A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. - via Catalogue of Life
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. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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