| Conus (Sciteconus) | |
|---|---|
| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1889) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Subgenus: | Sciteconus da Motta, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Conus algoensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sciteconus da Motta, 1991 | |
Sciteconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Sciteconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Sciteconus)da Motta, 1991 (type species: Conus algoensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758