''Pygmaeconus'' is a
genus
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of predatory
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 ...
s, or
cone snails,
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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s in 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 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Pygmaeconus Puillandre & Tenorio, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986847 on 2018-02-11]
Species
* ''
Pygmaeconus micarius''
(Hedley, 1912)
* ''
Pygmaeconus molaerivus''
(Dekkers, 2016)
* ''
Pygmaeconus papalis''
(Weinkauff, 1875)
* ''
Pygmaeconus traillii''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* ''
Pygmaeconus visseri''
(Delsaerdt, 1990)
* ''
Pygmaeconus wallacei''
(Lorenz & Morrison, 2004)
References
* Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.
External links
Puillandre N. & Tenorio M.J. (2017). ''A question of rank: DNA sequences and radula characters reveal a new genus of cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83(2): 200-210
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Gastropod genera
Conidae