Conus (Floraconus)
Floraconus 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., Floraconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Floraconus from Conus in the following ways:
Species list
This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species list. Species within the genus Floraconus include:Floraconus anemone represented as Conus anemone Lamarck, 1810Floraconus aplustre represented as Conus aplustre Reeve, 1843Floraconus ardisiaceus Kiener, 1850 : synonym of Conus ardisiaceus Kiener, 1850, represented as Conus ardisiaceus Kiener, 1850 Floraconus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 : synonym of Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833, represented as Conus balteatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 Floraconus cocceus represented as Conus cocceus Reeve, 1844Floraconus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 : synonym of Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866, represented as Conus compressus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Floraconus gabelishi represented as Conus gabelishi da Motta & Ninomiya, 1982Floraconus klemae : synonym of Conus klemae, represented as Conus klemae Floraconus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: synonym of Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792, represented as Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Floraconus novaehollandiae represented as Conus anemone novaehollandiae A. Adams, 1855Floraconus papilliferus : synonym of Conus papilliferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834, represented as Conus papilliferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834Floraconus rufimaculosus : synonym of Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson, 1959 represented as Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson, 1959Floraconus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 : synonym of Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792, represented as Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792