Dyraspis

Dyraspis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus dorreensis (Peron, F., 1807)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Dyraspis
Iredale, 1949
Synonyms

Conus (Virroconus) Iredale, 1930

Dyraspis is no longer accepted as a genus. It has become a synonym of the subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks Conus (Virroconus) Iredale, 1930 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Species list

This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Dyraspis include:[1]

  • Dyraspis dorreensis (Péron, 1807) is a synonym of Conus dorreensis Péron, 1807

References

  1. 1 2 Dyraspis Iredale, 1949.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 07/13/11.

Further reading

  • Kohn A. A. (1992). Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840". Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
  • Monteiro A. (ed.) (2007). The Cone Collector 1: 1-28.
  • Berschauer D. (2010). Technology and the Fall of the Mono-Generic Family The Cone Collector 15: pp. 51-54
  • Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P., and Olivera B.M. (2011), Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea), Zoologica Scripta 40(4) 350-363.
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