Conopleura

Genus of gastropods

Conopleura

Shell of Conopleura latiaxisa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Conopleura Hinds, 1844
Type species
Conopleura striata Hinds, 1844
Species
See text

Conopleura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

These species are known from the Central Indo-Pacific.

Species within the genus Conopleura include:

Conopleura aliena Smriglio, Mariottini & Calascibetta, 1999: synonym of Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)

^ Conopleura Hinds, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/16/10.
^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
^ M. Chino (2011). "A new species of Conopleura (Gastropoda - Turridae) from the Philippine Islands". Visaya. 3 (4): 67–70.
^ Conopleura striata Hinds, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conopleura.

Hinds R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. London: Smith, Elder and Co. v + 72 pp., 21 pls
WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family Drilliidae
Nappo A., Rey X., Pellegrinii D., Bonomolo G., & Crocetta F., 2018 - Revisiting the disjunct distribution of Conopleura Hinds, 1844. Zootaxa 4392 (3)