Conus (Lamniconus)


Lamniconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the 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., Lamniconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Lamniconus 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 Lamniconus include:Lamniconus carcellesi : synonym of Conus carcellesi Martins, 1945 represented as Conus carcellesi Martins, 1945Lamniconus clerii : synonym of Conus clerii Reeve, 1844Lamniconus lemniscatus : synonym of Conus lemniscatus Reeve, 1849Lamniconus patriceae Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Conus patriceae Lamniconus tostesi : synonym of Conus tostesi Petuch, 1986 represented as Conus tostesi Petuch, 1986Lamniconus xanthocinctus : synonym of Conus xanthocinctus Petuch, 1986