''Conorbis'' is an extinct genus of

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mollusks in the family

Conorbidae Conorbidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: ...

. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
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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 ...

by Vredenburg (1921) in the clade

Neogastropoda Neogastropoda is an order of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs. Description The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Creta ...

by Sepkoski (2002) and in the subfamily Conorbiinae by Harzhauser (2007).Harzhauser M. (2007). "Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific". ''

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''Conorbis'' is the type genus of the family

. The type species of the genus ''Conorbis'' is extinct. Species in this genus lack nadules.

Species

Species within the genus ''Conorbis'' include: * † '' Conorbis aequipartitus'' (Cossmann, 1889) - "Catalogue Illustré des Coquilles Fossiles de l'Éocène des Environs de Paris. (4ème fascicule). Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique, 24: 3 -385 "; Middle-Miocene fossil species from France * † ''

Conorbis alatoideus ''Conorbis'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae. This genus was formerly classified in the family Conidae by Vredenburg (1921) in the clade Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and in the subfamil ...

'' (Aldrich, 1885) - "Notes on the Tertiary of Alabama and Mississippi, with descriptions of new species. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 8 (2 ): 145 -153"; Type Locality: Moody's Branch, Mississippi * † '' Conorbis alatus'' (Edwards, 1856) - "Descriptions of Shells from the Older Tertiaries of England. A Monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England. Part III, No. II. Prosobranchiata (continued), 3 (2 )" * † '' Conorbis aliger'' (Tracey & Todd, 1996) - "Nomenclatural changes for some Bracklesham gastropods. Tertiary Research, 16: 41 -54" * † '' Conorbis amphiconus'' (J. de C. Sowerby, 1850) - "The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex" * † '' Conorbis bhagothorensis'' (Vredenburg, 1925) - fossil species from the

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in Pakistan * † '' Conorbis dormitor'' (Solander, 1766) - originally described as ''Conus dormitor'', it was renamed ''Conorbis dormitor'' by Swainson in 1840; Oligo-Miocene fossil species from the Lower

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in Pakistan. * † ''

Conorbis protensus ''Conorbis'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae. This genus was formerly classified in the family Conidae by Vredenburg (1921) in the clade Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and in the subfamil ...

'' (Michelotti, 1861) - originally described as ''Pleurotoma protensa'', it was renamed by Sacco in 1893 and confirmed by Harzhauser in 2007; this fossil species is found in the Oligocene in Italy and Oman. * † ''

Conorbis sindiensis ''Conorbis'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae. This genus was formerly classified in the family Conidae by Vredenburg (1921) in the clade Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and in the subfamil ...

'' (Vredenburg, 1925) - fossil species from the Early Miocene in Pakistan. * † ''

Conorbis veselovi ''Conorbis'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae. This genus was formerly classified in the family Conidae by Vredenburg (1921) in the clade Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and in the subfamil ...

'' (Amitrov, 2008) ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Conorbis adamii'' (Bozzetti, 1994): synonym of ''

Genotina adamii ''Genotina adamii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The shell of the adult snail grows to a length of 18 mm. Distribution ''Genotina adamii'' is a demersal The demersal ...

'' (Bozzetti, 1994) * † ''Conorbis atractoides'' (Tate 1890): synonym of † ''

Benthofascis atractoides ''Benthofascis atractoides'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae. Description The length of an adult shell attains 16.5 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm. It is superficially similar to ''Bent ...

'' (Tate 1890) * ''Conorbis coromandelicus'' (E. A. Smith, 1894): synonym of ''Pseudoconorbis coromandelicus]'' (E.A. Smith, 1894), synonym of ''

Conasprella coromandelica ''Conasprella coromandelicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1894) * † ''Conorbis otwayensis'' Long, 1981:Long, D.C. (1981) Late Eocene and early Oligocene Turridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata) of the Brown’s Creek and Glen Aire Clays, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 42, 15–55, pls. 4–7 synonym of † '' Benthofascis. otwayensis'' Long, 1981 (

of Australia)

References

* von Koenen, A. (1867) Ueber Conorbis und Cryptoconus, Zwischenformen der Gattungen. Palaeontographica, 16, 159–174, pl. 15. * Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. (2009) Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, with Keys to the Genera of Cone Shells. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, 295 pp {{Taxonbar, from=Q5162312