Marine Species Traits - Microconus Strebel, 1879

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Microconus Strebel, 1879

AphiaID

995496 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995496)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Thysanophoridae Pilsbry, 1926

Original name

Microconus Strebel, 1879

Synonymised names

Microconus (Microconus) Strebel, 1879 · alternative representation

Microconus (Pulchriconus) F. G. Thompson, 1958 · alternative representation

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Species Microconus pilsbryi F. G. Thompson, 1958
Species Microconus rufus F. G. Thompson, 1958
Species Microconus termitarum Pilsbry, 1926
Species Microconus wilhelmi (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
Subgenus Microconus (Microconus) Strebel, 1879 represented as Microconus Strebel, 1879
1. Species Microconus (Microconus) rufus F. G. Thompson, 1958 represented as Microconus rufus F. G. Thompson, 1958
2. Species Microconus (Microconus) wilhelmi (L. Pfeiffer, 1866) represented as Microconus wilhelmi (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
Subgenus Microconus (Pulchriconus) F. G. Thompson, 1958 represented as Microconus Strebel, 1879
1. Species Microconus (Pulchriconus) pilsbryi F. G. Thompson, 1958 represented as Microconus pilsbryi F. G. Thompson, 1958
2. Species Microconus (Pulchriconus) termitarum Pilsbry, 1926 represented as Microconus termitarum Pilsbry, 1926

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Strebel, H. & Pfeffer, G. (1879). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna mexikanischer Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien. Unter Berücksichtigung der Fauna angrenzender Gebiete. Theil IV: 1–112, pls 1–15. Hamburg: G.J. Herbst ["1880"]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34113937
page(s): 29-30 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Microconus Strebel, 1879. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995496 on 2026-07-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Microconus Strebel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995496 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

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Bank, Ruud

2023-08-11 14:31:24Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2024-03-11 09:24:57Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2026-05-11 19:42:42Z

changed

Bank, Ruud

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original description Strebel, H. & Pfeffer, G. (1879). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna mexikanischer Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien. Unter Berücksichtigung der Fauna angrenzender Gebiete. Theil IV: 1–112, pls 1–15. Hamburg: G.J. Herbst ["1880"]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34113937
page(s): 29-30 [details]

original description (of Microconus (Pulchriconus) F. G. Thompson, 1958) Thompson, F. G. (1958). The land snail genus Microconus. The Nautilus. 72(1): 5–10, pls. 1-2, 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521034
page(s): 8 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]

additional source Baker, H. B. (1940). Some Antillean Sagdidae or Polygyridae. The Nautilus. 54(2): 54-62, pls. 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519205
page(s): 57 [details]

additional source Thompson, F. G. (1958). The land snail genus Microconus. The Nautilus. 72(1): 5–10, pls. 1-2, 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521034 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microconus)