Conus (Monteiroconus)


Monteiroconus 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., Monteiroconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Monteiroconus 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 Monteiroconus include:Monteiroconus ambiguus is equivalent to Conus ambiguus Reeve, 1844Monteiroconus bellocqae is equivalent to Conus bellocqae van Rossum, 1996Monteiroconus tabidus is equivalent to Conus tabidus Reeve, 1844