Calibanus is a subgenus of sea snails, cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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Aperatural view of shell of Calibanus furvus (Reeve, 1843) | |
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Genus: | Calibanus da Motta, 1991
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Conus furvus Reeve, 1843 | |
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Conus (Calibanus) da Motta, 1991 |
In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Calibanus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Calibanus ) da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929 [2]
The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Calibanus from Conus in the following ways:[3]
This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Calibanus include:[1]
The following species names are recognized as "alternate representations" (see full explanation below) in contrast to the traditional system, which uses the genus Conus for all species in the family:[1]