Hermes (gastropod)
Hermes is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P., Hermes has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus Montfort, 1810 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Hermes from Conus in the following ways:
This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species list. Species within the genus Hermes include:
- Hermes nussatella : synonym of Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758
The following species have become synonyms of other subgenera of Conus or Conasprella.
- Hermes artoptus : synonym of Conus artoptus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
- Hermes austroviola : synonym of Conus austroviola Röckel & Korn, 1992
- Hermes kawanishii Shikama, 1970: synonym of Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758
- Hermes lizarum Raybaudi Massilia & da Motta, 1992: synonym of Conasprella lizarum
- Hermes terryni : synonym of Conus terryni Tenorio & Poppe, 2004
- Hermes triggi Cotton, 1945: synonym of Conasprella ximenes
- Hermes viola : synonym of Conus viola Cernohorsky, 1977
- Hermes violaceus : synonym of Conus violaceus Gmelin, 1791
