A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)

Abstract

A new genus-level classification of the Conoidea is presented, based on the molecular phylogeny of Puillandre et al. in the accompanying paper. Fourteen lineages are recognized and ranked as families to facilitate continuity in the treatment of the names Conidae (for 'cones') and Terebridae in their traditional usage. The hitherto polyphyletic 'Turridae' is now resolved as 13 monophyletic families, in which the 358 currently recognized genera and subgenera are placed, or tentatively allocated: Conorbidae (2 (sub)genera), Borsoniidae (34), Clathurellidae (21), Mitromorphidae (8), Mangeliidae (60), Raphitomidae (71), Cochlespiridae (9), Drilliidae (34), Pseudomelatomidae (= Crassispiridae) (59), Clavatulidae ( 14), Horaiclavidae new family (28), Turridae s. s. (16) and Strictispiridae (2). A diagnosis with description of the shell and radulae is provided for each of these families.

Mitochondrial DNA sequence of Conus textile (Neogastropoda: Conidae)

“…C. textile was grouped together with other six Conus species from the family Conidae. The lineages of Conidae strongly supported in this report and agreed with previous studies (Bouchet et al 2011;Puillandre et al 2014). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B: RESOURCES, 2016VOL.…”

New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean

“…Inclusion of Otitoma in the family Pseudomelatomidae follows Bouchet et al (2011) and . The material examined is represented by empty shells.…”

“…Shuto (1969) and Kilburn (1995) referred it to the subfamily Mangeliinae (now Mangeliidae), while referred to Thelecytharella as "Conoidea incertae sedis". More recently, Bouchet et al (2011) …”

Genus Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956 (Gastropoda, Conoidea): Morphological and molecular studies, with the description of five new species from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia

“…The function of the coronated fringe on the tooth in species of Profundiconus is unknown, but it resembles a similar structure (collar-shaped band of tubercles) observed on the radular teeth of several members of the genus Lienardia Jousseaume, 1884, family Clathurellidae, such as Lienardia tagaroae Fedosov, 2011, L. jousseaumei (Hervier, 1896 or L. cf. rosella Hedley, 1922(Fedosov 2011Bouchet et al 2011).…”