Conomurex

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Conomurex

|image = Strombus decorus.jpg

|image_caption = Conomurex decorus (Réunion island)

|authority = Schumacher, 1817Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test., 66: 219.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Decostrombus Bandel, 2007

  • Strombus (Conomurex) Bayle in Fischer, 1884

|type_species = Conomurex luhuanus

|type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

|display_parents = 3

}}

Conomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.{{WRMS species|531648 |Conomurex Bayle in P. Fischer, 1884 |||WoRMS (2009). Conomurex. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531648 on 22 March 2011}}

Species

Species within the genus Conomurex include:

File:Conomurex decorus 01.jpg|Five views of a shell of Conomurex decorus

File:Conomurex fasciatus 01.JPG|Conomurex fasciatus

File:Conomurex luhuanus 01.JPG|Conomurex luhuanus ("strawberry conch")

File:Zoological Illustrations Volume I Plate 53.jpg|Conomurex persicus

References

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  • Bandel K. (2007) About the larval shell of some Stromboidea, connected to a review of the classification and phylogeny of the Strombimorpha (Caenogastropoda). Freiberger Forschungshefte, ser. C 524: 97-206
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1–54, pls 131–164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.