Profundiconus Temporal range:
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: |
Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956 |
Type species | |
Chelyconus profundorum Kuroda, 1956
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Profundiconus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1] [2] [3]
As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous. [4]
This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Profundiconinae Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018. This is an alternate representation for the family Conidae.
Profundiconus Temporal range:
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: |
Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956 |
Type species | |
Chelyconus profundorum Kuroda, 1956
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Profundiconus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1] [2] [3]
As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous. [4]
This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Profundiconinae Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018. This is an alternate representation for the family Conidae.