Dyraspis
Genus of gastropods
| Dyraspis | |
|---|---|
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| 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
- ^ a b 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.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Conidae setting forth the genera recognized therein.
