''Conasprella'' is a

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Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...

, the

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and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428971 on 2015-02-28 This genus was formerly (February 2015) treated by some experts as a member of the family Conilithidae and as an "alternative representation" of this group of species.

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes ''Conasprella'' from ''Conus'' in the following ways:Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009), Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, ConchBooks, Hankenheim, Germany, 295 pp. * Genus ''Conus'' ''

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'' Linnaeus, 1758 :: Shell characters (living and fossil species) :::The basic shell shape is conical to elongated conical, has a deep anal notch on the shoulder, a smooth

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and a small operculum. The shoulder of the shell is usually nodulose and the

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is usually multispiral. Markings often include the presence of tents except for black or white color variants, with the absence of spiral lines of minute tents and textile bars. ::Radular tooth (not known for fossil species) :::The

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has an elongated anterior section with serrations and a large exposed terminating cusp, a non-obvious waist, blade is either small or absent and has a short barb, and lacks a basal spur. ::Geographical distribution :::These species are found in the

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region. ::Feeding habits :::These species eat other

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. * Genus ''Conasprella'' Thiele, 1929 ::Shell characters (living and fossil species) :::The

is multispiral with 2.5 whorls, the shell is conical in shape, the spire is elevated, the early whorls have nodules at the periphery. The body whorl has evenly spaced cords or sulci that reach the midbody to the shoulder, and the whorls may have cords on top. The anterior notch is absent and the anal notch is deep. The

is smooth, and the operculum is small. ::Radular tooth (not known for fossil species) :::The blade is short and covers one-third of the anterior section of the radular tooth. The posterior blade is absent, a basal spur is present, and the barb is short. A shaft fold and interior posterior fold is present, however the shaft fold is difficult to detect. ::Geographical distribution :::These species are found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. ::Feeding habits :::These species are presumed to be vermivorous (meaning that they prey on marine worms) based upon their

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Species list

This list of species is based on the information in the

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) list. Species within the genus ''Conasprella'' include: According to the 2014 taxonomy, the following species include the following subgenera: ''Boucheticonus'', ''Coltroconus'', ''Conasprella'', ''Dalliconus'', ''Endemoconus'', ''Fusiconus'', ''Kohniconus'', ''Lilliconus'', ''Parviconus'', ''Pseudoconorbis'', and ''Ximenoconus'', as well as '' Conasprella delessertii'' (Récluz, 1843), a species "incertae sedes". 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
/ref> These subgenera are accepted and are considered alternative representations. * '' Conasprella aculeiformis'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Conasprella agassizi'' (Dall, 1886) * '' Conasprella ageri'' Hendricks, 2015 * ''

Conasprella alexandremonteiroi ''Conasprella alexandremonteiroi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella alexandremonteiroi (Cossignani, 2014). Accessed through: W ...

'' (Cossignani, 2014) * ''

Conasprella alisi ''Conasprella alisi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella alisi (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Richard, 1995). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Richard, 1995) * '' Conasprella allamandi'' (Petuch, 2013) * ''

Conasprella anacarolinae ''Conasprella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Conidae, the Conus, cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Cossignani, 2019 * '' Conasprella anaglyptica'' (Crosse, 1865) * ''

Conasprella aphrodite ''Conasprella aphrodite'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella aphrodite (Petuch, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Petuch, 1979) * '' Conasprella aquitanica'' (Mayer, 1858) * '' Conasprella arawak'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella arcuata'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) * ''

Conasprella armiger ''Conasprella armiger'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capab ...

'' (Crosse, 1858) * '' Conasprella articulata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) * '' Conasprella aturensis'' (Peyrot, 1931) * '' Conasprella baccata'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1877) * '' Conasprella baileyi'' (Röckel & da Motta, 1979) * ''

Conasprella bajanensis ''Conasprella bajanensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella bajanensis (Nowell-Usticke, 1968). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed thro ...

'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1968) * '' Conasprella berschaueri'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella berwerthi'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1879) * '' Conasprella bianchii'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * ''

Conasprella boholensis ''Conasprella boholensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella boholensis (Petuch, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

'' (Petuch, 1979) * '' Conasprella booti'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * '' Conasprella boriqua'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2016) * ''

Conasprella boucheti ''Conasprella boucheti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella boucheti (Richard, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Richard, 1983) * '' Conasprella bozzettii'' (Lauer, 1991) * '' Conasprella burckhardti'' (Böse, 1906) * '' Conasprella carlagrezziae'' (Petuch, Coltro & Berschauer, 2020) * '' Conasprella carvalhoi'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) * '' Conasprella centurio'' (Born, 1778) * '' Conasprella cercadensis'' (Maury, 1917) * '' Conasprella chaac'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * '' Conasprella chinchorroensis'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * '' Conasprella coletteae'' (Petuch, 2013) * '' Conasprella comatosa'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * '' Conasprella coriolisi'' (Moolenbeek & Richard, 1995) * '' Conasprella coromandelica'' (E. A. Smith, 1894) * '' Conasprella crabosi'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * '' Conasprella culebrana'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2016) * '' Conasprella damasoi'' (Cossignani, 2007) * '' Conasprella damasomonteiroi'' (Petuch & Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella delessertii'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''

Conasprella dictator ''Conasprella dictator'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella dictator (Melvill, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Melvill, 1898) * '' Conasprella dieteri'' (Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet, 2008) * ''

Conasprella edpetuchi ''Conasprella edpetuchi'' also known as ''Conasprella (Dalliconus) edpetuchi'', and originally described as ''Dalliconus edpetuchi'', is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and ...

'' (Monnier, Limpalaër, Roux & Berschauer, 2015) * ''

Conasprella elegans ''Conasprella elegans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capa ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) * '' Conasprella elokismenos'' (Kilburn, 1975) * '' Conasprella emarginata'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Conasprella ericmonnieri'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella eucoronata'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) * '' Conasprella eugrammata'' (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) * '' Conasprella fenzani'' (Petuch & Sargent, 2011) * '' Conasprella ferreirai'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) * '' Conasprella fijiensis'' (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008) * '' Conasprella fluviamaris'' (Petuch & Sargent, 2011) * '' Conasprella geeraertsi'' (Poppe & Tagaro, 2017) * '' Conasprella gordyi'' (Röckel & Bondarev, 2000) * '' Conasprella gregorioi'' (Crabos & G. S. P. Oliveira, 2021) * ''

Conasprella grohi ''Conasprella grohi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella grohi (Tenorio & Poppe, 2004). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

'' (Tenorio & Poppe, 2004) * ''

Conasprella gubernatrix ''Conasprella gubernatrix'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella gubernatrix (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018). Accessed through: World ...

'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * '' Conasprella guidopoppei'' (G. Raybaudi Massilia, 2005) * '' Conasprella henckesi'' (Coltro, 2004) * '' Conasprella henriquei'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella herndli'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella hivana'' (Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet, 2008) * '' Conasprella hopwoodi'' (Tomlin, 1937) * '' Conasprella howelli'' (Iredale, 1929) * '' Conasprella iansa'' (Petuch, 1979) * '' Conasprella icapui'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * ''

Conasprella ichinoseana ''Conasprella ichinoseana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella ichinoseana (Kuroda, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Kuroda, 1956) * '' Conasprella imitator'' (A. P. Brown & Pilsbry, 1911) * '' Conasprella insculpta'' (Kiener, 1847) * ''

Conasprella ione ''Conasprella ione'', common name the ione cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella ione (Fulton, 1938). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Fulton, 1938) * '' Conasprella itapua'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * '' Conasprella ixchel'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * '' Conasprella janapatriceae'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2016) * '' Conasprella janowskyae'' (J. K. Tucker & Tenorio, 2011) * '' Conasprella jaspidea'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Conasprella joanae'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * '' Conasprella joliveti'' (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008) * '' Conasprella josei'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2016) * '' Conasprella kantangana'' (da Motta, 1982) * '' Conasprella kellyae'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * '' Conasprella keppensi'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * ''

Conasprella kimioi ''Conasprella kimioi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable o ...

'' (Habe, 1965) * '' Conasprella kitteredgei'' (Maury, 1917) * '' Conasprella kohni'' (McLean & Nybakken, 1979) * '' Conasprella laudelinoi'' (Crabos & G. S. P. Oliveira, 2021) * '' Conasprella lemuriana'' Monnier, Tenorio, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2018 * '' Conasprella lenhilli'' (Cargile, 1998) * '' Conasprella lentiginosa'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Conasprella levenensis'' (Monnier & Tenorio, 2017) * '' Conasprella lindapowersae'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2017) * '' Conasprella lizarum'' (Raybaudi Massilia & da Motta, 1992) * '' Conasprella longurionis'' (Kiener, 1847) * '' Conasprella lorenzi'' Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012 * '' Conasprella lucida'' (W. Wood, 1828) * '' Conasprella lusca'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * ''

Conasprella mahogani ''Conasprella mahogani'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mahogani (Reeve, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Reeve, 1843) * '' Conasprella marcusi'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2016) * '' Conasprella marinae'' (Petuch & Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella masinoi'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2016) * '' Conasprella mazei'' (Deshayes, 1874) * ''

Conasprella mcgintyi ''Conasprella mcgintyi'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mcgintyi (Pilsbry, 1955). Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1955) * ''

Conasprella memiae ''Conasprella memiae'', common name Memi's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these snails are predatory and ve ...

'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) * '' Conasprella mindana'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) * '' Conasprella minutissima'' Harzhauser & Landau, 2016 * '' Conasprella nereis'' (Petuch, 1979) * '' Conasprella ogum'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella olangoensis'' (Poppe & Tagaro, 2017) * '' Conasprella orbignyi'' (Audouin, 1831) * ''

Conasprella otohimeae ''Conasprella otohimeae'', common name Otohime's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these snails are predatory ...

'' (Kuroda & Itô, 1961) * '' Conasprella pacei'' (Petuch, 1987) * '' Conasprella pagoda'' (Kiener, 1847) * '' Conasprella paumotu'' (Rabiller & Richard, 2014) * '' Conasprella pepeiu'' (Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet, 2008) * '' Conasprella perplexa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857) * '' Conasprella pfluegeri'' (Petuch, 2003) * '' Conasprella philippequiquandoni'' (Cossignani, 2019) * '' Conasprella pomponeti'' (Petuch & Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella poremskii'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * '' Conasprella prugnaudorum'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018) * '' Conasprella pseudokimioi'' (da Motta & Martin, 1982) * '' Conasprella pseudorbignyi'' (Röckel & Lan, 1981) * '' Conasprella puncticulata'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) * '' Conasprella pusio'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) * '' Conasprella rachelae'' (Petuch, 1988) * '' Conasprella rainesae'' (McGinty, 1953) * '' Conasprella ramalhoi'' (Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986) * '' Conasprella ramosorum'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2019) * '' Conasprella raoulensis'' (Powell, 1958) * '' Conasprella roatanensis'' (Petuch & Sargent, 2011) * '' Conasprella roberti'' (Richard, 2009) * '' Conasprella rutila'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Conasprella saecularis'' (Melvill, 1898) * '' Conasprella sargenti'' (Petuch, 2013) * '' Conasprella sauros'' (Garcia, 2006) * '' Conasprella scaripha'' (Dall, 1910) * '' Conasprella schirrmeisteri'' (Coltro, 2004) * '' Conasprella serafimi'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2019) * ''

Conasprella sieboldii ''Conasprella sieboldii'', common name Siebold's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these cone snails are preda ...

'' (Reeve, 1848) * '' Conasprella simonei'' (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) * ''

Conasprella somalica ''Conasprella somalica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella somalica (Bozzetti, 2013). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

'' (Bozzetti, 2013) * ''

Conasprella spirofilis ''Conasprella spirofilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are ...

'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) * '' Conasprella stearnsii'' (Conrad, 1869) * '' Conasprella stenostoma'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) * '' Conasprella stocki'' (Coomans & Moolenbeek, 1990) * '' Conasprella tammymyersae'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2019) * '' Conasprella subturrita'' (d'Orbigny, 1852) * '' Conasprella tayrona'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2017) * '' Conasprella tiki'' (Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet, 2008) * '' Conasprella tirardi'' (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996) * '' Conasprella toincabrali'' (Petuch & Berschauer, 2019) * '' Conasprella torensis'' (Sturany, 1903) * '' Conasprella tornata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Conasprella traceyi'' (J. K. Tucker & Stahlschmidt, 2010) * '' Conasprella traversiana'' (E. A. Smith, 1875) * '' Conasprella valianti'' (Petuch, Coltro & Berschauer, 2020) * '' Conasprella vanhyningi'' (Rehder, 1944) * '' Conasprella vantwoudti'' (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2015) * '' Conasprella viminea'' (Reeve, 1849) * '' Conasprella wakayamaensis'' (Kuroda, 1956) * '' Conasprella wendrosi'' (Tenorio & Afonso, 2013) * ''

Conasprella ximenes ''Conasprella ximenes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conasprella'', these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are ...

'' (Gray, 1839)
The following species were brought into synonymy: * ''Conasprella albobrunnea'' Bozzetti, 2017: synonym of '' Conasprella eucoronata'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) * ''Conasprella biraghii'' (G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992): synonym of ''

Lilliconus biraghii ''Lilliconus biraghii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Lilliconus biraghii'' (G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992) * ''Conasprella cancellata'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: synonym of Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 * ''Conasprella guyanensis'' (Van Mol, 1973): synonym of ''

'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1968) * ''Conasprella hivanus'' (Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet, 2008): synonym of '' Conasprella hivana'' (Moolenbeek, Zandbergen & Bouchet, 2008) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet) * ''Conasprella hypochlorus'' (Tomlin, 1937): synonym of '' Conasprella insculpta'' (Kiener, 1847) * ''Conasprella sagei'' (Korn & G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993): synonym of ''

Lilliconus sagei ''Lilliconus sagei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Lilliconus sagei'' (Korn & G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (Korn & G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993)

List of synonyms of the genus ''Conasprella''

* ''Bathyconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Boucheticonus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 * ''Coltroconus'' Petuch, 2013 * ''Conasprella (Boucheticonus)'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Coltroconus)'' Petuch, 2013 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Conasprella)'' Thiele, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Dalliconus)'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Endemoconus)'' Iredale, 1931 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Fusiconus)'' da Motta, 1991 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Kohniconus)'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Lilliconus)'' G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1994 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Parviconus)'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Pseudoconorbis)'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conasprella (Ximeniconus)'' Emerson & Old, 1962 · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conus (Conasprella)'' Thiele, 1929 * ''Dalliconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Duodenticonus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 * ''Endemoconus'' Iredale, 1931 * ''Fumiconus'' da Motta, 1991 * ''Fusiconus'' da Motta, 1991 * ''Globiconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Jaspidiconus'' Petuch, 2003 * ''Kermasprella'' Powell, 1958 * ''Kohniconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Lilliconus'' G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1994 * ''Mamiconus'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 * ''Parviconus'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 * ''Perplexiconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Pseudoconorbis'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Viminiconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 * ''Ximeniconus'' Emerson & Old, 1962 * ''Yeddoconus'' Tucker & Tenorio, 2009

Significance of "alternative representation"

Prior to 2009, all

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species were placed within the family

and were placed in one genus, ''

Conus ''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

''. In 2009 however, J.K. Tucker and M.J. Tenorio proposed a classification system for the over 600 recognized

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that were in the family. Their classification proposed 3 distinct families and 82 genera for the living species of

, including the family Conilithidae. This classification was based upon

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r differences,

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, with comparisons to molecular (DNA) studies. Published accounts of genera within the

(or Conilithidae) that include the genus ''Conasprella'' include J.K. Tucker & M.J. Tenorio (2009), and Bouchet et al. (2011). Testing in order to try to understand the

molecular phylogeny Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

of the

was initially begun by Christopher Meyer and Alan Kohn, and is continuing, particularly with the advent of nuclear DNA testing in addition to mDNA testing. However, in 2011, some experts preferred to use the traditional classification, where all species are placed in ''

'' within the single family

: for example, according to the November 2011 version of the

, all species within the family Conidae are in the genus ''

''. The binomial names of species in the 82 cone snail genera listed in Tucker & Tenorio 2009 are recognized by the

as "alternative representations." Debate within the scientific community regarding this issue continues, and additional

studies are being carried out in an attempt to clarify the issue.Petuch & Drolshage (2011) ''Compendium of Florida Fossil Shells, Volume 1'' MDM Publications, Wellington, FL., 432 pp. All this has been superseded in 2015 by the new classification of the Conidae

References

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

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

Gastropods.com: ''Conidae'' setting forth the genera recognized therein.

Gastropods.com: ''Conilithidae'' setting forth the genera recognized therein.
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