Conus (Ductoconus)


Ductoconus 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., Ductoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio [cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Ductoconus 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 Ductoconus include:
  • Ductoconus hieroglyphus Duclos, 1833: synonym of Conus hieroglyphus Duclos, 1833, represented as Conus hieroglyphus Duclos, 1833
  • Ductoconus princeps : synonym of Conus da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus princeps Linnaeus, 1758