Conus (Phasmoconus)


Phasmoconus 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., Phasmoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus Mörch, 1852 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio [cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Phasmoconus 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 Phasmoconus include: