Subgenus of sea snails in the family Conidae
| Lindaconus
|
|
| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lindae (Petuch, E.J., 1987)
|
| Scientific classification
|
| Kingdom:
|
|
| Phylum:
|
|
| Class:
|
|
| (unranked):
|
|
| Superfamily:
|
|
| Family:
|
|
| Genus:
|
|
| Subgenus:
|
Lindaconus
Petuch, 2002
|
| Type species
|
Conus lindae Petuch, 1987
|
| Synonyms[1]
|
- Conus (Lindaconus) Petuch, 2002
- Spuriconus Petuch, 2003
|
Lindaconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Lindaconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Lindaconus) Petuch, 2002 (type species: Conus lindae Petuch, 1987) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]
Species
The following species are alternate representation:[1]
- Lindaconus bahamensis (Vink & Röckel, 1995): synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) bahamensis Vink & Röckel, 1995 represented as Conus bahamensis Vink & Röckel, 1995
- Lindaconus lindae (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) lindae Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus lindae Petuch, 1987
- Lindaconus spurius (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) spurius Gmelin, 1791 represented as Conus spurius Gmelin, 1791
- Lindaconus spurius baylei (Jousseaume, 1872): synonym of Conus spurius baylei Jousseaume, 1872
- Lindaconus therriaulti Petuch, 2013: synonym of Conus (Lindaconus) therriaulti (Petuch, 2013) represented as Conus therriaulti (Petuch, 2013)
