Conus (Strategoconus)

Conus (Strategoconus)
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus generalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Subgenus: Strategoconus
da Motta, 1991
Type species
Conus generalis
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Conus (Vituliconus) da Motta, 1991
  • Rolaniconus J. K. Tucker & M. Tenorio, 2009
  • Strategoconus da Motta, 1991
  • Strategoconus (Vituliconus) da Motta, 1991
  • Vituliconus da Motta, 1991

Strategoconus 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), Strategoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Strategoconus)da Motta, 1991 (type species:Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Species

The following species are alternate representation:

References

  1. ↑ 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 (Strategoconus) da Motta, 1991". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Strategoconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579473 on 2012-01-21
  3. ↑ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  4. ↑ 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