Pyruconus

Pyruconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1][2]

Pyruconus
Apertural view of shell of Conus patricius (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Subgenus:	Pyruconus Olsson, 1967
Type species
Conus patricius Hinds, 1843
Synonyms
Conus (Pyruconus) Olsson, 1967

In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Pyruconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Pyruconus)Olsson, 1967 (type species: Conus patricius Hinds, 1843) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 ^[3]

Species

• Pyruconus fergusoni (G.B. Sowerby II, 1873) represented as Conus fergusoni G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (alternate representation)
• Pyruconus patricius (Hinds, 1843) represented as Conus patricius Hinds, 1843 (alternate representation)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Pyruconus Olsson, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578798 on 2012-01-21
2. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
3. 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

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species