Conus (Stephanoconus)

Conus (Stephanoconus)
Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneus (Wood, 1828), with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Subgenus: Stephanoconus
Mörch, 1852
Type species
Conus leucostictus
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Cornutoconus M. Suzuki, 1972
  • Leptoconus (Protoconus) da Motta, 1991
  • Protoconus da Motta, 1991
  • Rhombiconus J. K. Tucker & M. Tenorio, 2009
  • Rhombus Montfort, 1810
  • Seminoleconus Petuch, 2003
  • Stephanoconus Mörch, 1852
  • Tenorioconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011

Stephanoconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs 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), Stephanoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Stephanoconus)Mörch, 1852 (type species: Conus leucostictus Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  3. ↑ Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23