Conus (Darioconus)
Darioconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P., Darioconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929
Distinguishing characteristics
The Tucker & Tenorio [cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Darioconus 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 Darioconus include:- Darioconus leviteni Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011
- Darioconus aulicus : synonym of Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758
- Darioconus auratinus : synonym of Conus auratinus da Motta, 1982
- Darioconus auricomus : synonym of Conus auricomus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Darioconus behelokensis : synonym of Conus behelokensis Lauer, 1989
- Darioconus bengalensis Okutani, 1968: synonym of Conus bengalensis
- Darioconus crocatus : synonym of Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810
- Darioconus echo : synonym of Conus pennaceus echo Lauer, 1988
- Darioconus episcopatus : synonym of Conus episcopatus Da Motta, 1982
- Darioconus fortdauphinensis Bozzetti, 2015: synonym of Conus fortdauphinensis
- Darioconus lamberti : synonym of Conus lamberti Souverbie, 1877
- Darioconus laueri Monnier & Limpalaër, 2013: synonym of Conus laueri represented as Conus laueri
- Darioconus leviteni Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011: synonym of Conus leviteni represented as Conus leviteni
- Darioconus lohri : synonym of Conus lohri Kilburn, 1972
- Darioconus madagascariensis : synonym of Conus madagascariensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
- Darioconus magnificus : synonym of Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843
- Darioconus natalaurantius S. G. Veldsman, 2013: synonym of Conus natalaurantius represented as Conus natalaurantius
- Darioconus omaria : synonym of Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 represented as Conus omaria Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Darioconus pennaceus : synonym of Conus pennaceus Born, 1778
- Darioconus textilis: synonym of Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758
- Darioconus thomae Gmelin, 1791:synonym of Conus thomae Gmelin, 1791, represented as Conus thomae Gmelin, 1791