Virgiconus malabaricus (Gastropoda, Conidae), a new cone snail from Southern India, with taxonomic notes on related species
Monnier, E.; Limpalaër, L.; Tenorio, M.J. (2017). Virgiconus malabaricus (Gastropoda, Conidae), a new cone snail from Southern India, with taxonomic notes on related species. Xenophora taxonomy 14: 22-34
In: Xenophora taxonomy. Association Française de Conchyliologie - Xenophora: Paris. ISSN 2271-0906, more
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Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Virgiconus malabaricus Monnier, Limpalaër & M. Tenorio, 2017 [WoRMS]
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- Monnier, E.
- Limpalaër, L.
- Tenorio, M.J.
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The new species Virgiconus malabaricus n. sp. (Gastropoda,Conidae) is described. It had been formerly considered as the Indian form of Virgiconus berdulinus (Veillard, 1972). The new species lives in deep water in Southern India. It is compared to V. berdulinus from off Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands and Gulf of Aden, Virgiconus kintoki (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) from the Philippines and South China Sea, and Virgiconus coelinae (Crosse, 1858) from South Western Pacific. The taxonomic status of Conus kashiwajimensis Shikama, 1971 is also reviewed. |
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