genus
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sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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family
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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 ...
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cone snails
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and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Profundiconus'' Kuroda, 1956. Accessed through:
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428962 on 2012-01-21 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>
As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous.M Jiménez-Tenorio (2011), ''Cone radular anatomy as a proxy for phylogeny and for conotoxin diversity''; researchgate.net /ref>
This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Profundiconinae Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018. This is an alternate representation for the family
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 ...
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Species
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Profundiconus barazeri
''Profundiconus barazeri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus barazeri Tenorio & Castelin, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of ...
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Profundiconus cakobaui
''Profundiconus cakobaui'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus cakobaui (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008). Accessed through: World ...
Profundiconus frausseni
''Profundiconus frausseni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus frausseni (Tenorio & Poppe, 2004). Accessed through: World Register of ...
Profundiconus ikedai
''Profundiconus ikedai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus ikedai (Ninomiya, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
Profundiconus limpalaeri
''Profundiconus limpalaeri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus limpalaeri Tenorio & Monnier, 2016. Accessed through: World Register ...
Profundiconus maribelae
''Profundiconus maribelae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus maribelae Tenorio & Castelin, 2016. Accessed through: World Register ...
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Profundiconus neocaledonicus
''Profundiconus neocaledonicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus neocaledonicus Tenorio & Castelin, 2016. Accessed through: World ...
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Profundiconus neotorquatus
''Profundiconus neotorquatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus neotorquatus (da Motta, 1985). Accessed through: World Register of ...
Profundiconus profundorum
''Profundiconus profundorum'' 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 ''Profundiconus'', these cone snails are predatory and venomous. T ...
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Profundiconus puillandrei
''Profundiconus puillandrei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus puillandrei Tenorio & Castelin, 2016. Accessed through: World Regis ...
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Profundiconus rashafunensis
''Profundiconus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Profundiconus'' Kuroda, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species
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Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki
''Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki Tenorio, 2016. Accessed through: World Register o ...
Profundiconus profundorum
''Profundiconus profundorum'' 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 ''Profundiconus'', these cone snails are predatory and venomous. T ...
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References
* Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.