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
Distinguishing characteristics
The Tucker & Tenorio [cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Floraconus from Conus in the following ways:- Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
- Subgenus Floraconus Iredale, 1930
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, 1810
- Floraconus aplustre represented as Conus aplustre Reeve, 1843
- Floraconus 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, 1844
- Floraconus 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, 1982
- Floraconus 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, 1792
- Floraconus novaehollandiae represented as Conus anemone novaehollandiae A. Adams, 1855
- Floraconus papilliferus : synonym of Conus papilliferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834, represented as Conus papilliferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Floraconus rufimaculosus : synonym of Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson, 1959 represented as Conus rufimaculosus Macpherson, 1959
- Floraconus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 : synonym of Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792, represented as Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792