Conus (Dauciconus)


Dauciconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks 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., Dauciconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio [cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Dauciconus from Conus in the following ways:

Species list

The following species names are recognized as "alternate representations" in contrast to the traditional system, which uses the genus Conus for all species in the family:Dauciconus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987: synonym of Conus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987, represented as Conus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987 Dauciconus alainallaryi Bozzetti & Monnier, 2009: synonym of Conus alainallaryi Bozzetti & Monnier, 2009, represented as Conus alainallaryi Bozzetti & Monnier, 2009Dauciconus amphiurgus : synonym of Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889Dauciconus anabathrum : synonym of Conus anabathrum Crosse, 1865Dauciconus arangoi Sarasúa, 1977: synonym of Conus arangoi Sarasúa, 1977, represented as Conus arangoi Sarasúa, 1977Dauciconus aureonimbosus : synonym of Conus aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987Dauciconus bayeri Petuch, 1987: synonym of Conus bayeri Petuch, 1987, represented as Conus bayeri Petuch, 1987Daucionus belizeanus : synonym of Conus belizeanus, represented as Conus belizeanus Dauciconus bessei Petuch, 1992: synonym of Conus bessei Petuch, 1992, represented as Conus bessei Petuch, 1992 Dauciconus boui : synonym of Conus boui da Motta, 1988 represented as Conus boui da Motta, 1988Dauciconus burryae : synonym of Conus anabathrum burryae Clench, 1942: synonym of Conus burryae Clench, 1942Dauciconus colombi Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012: synonym of Conus colombi represented as Conus colombi Dauciconus daucus : synonym of Conus daucus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Dauciconus eversoni : synonym of Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987Dauciconus fenzani Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Conasprella fenzani Dauciconus flammeacolor : synonym of Conus flammeacolor Petuch, 1992Dauciconus glicksteini : synonym of Conus glicksteini Petuch, 1987Dauciconus goajira : synonym of Conus goajira Petuch, 1992 represented as Conus goajira Petuch, 1992Dauciconus hennequini : synonym of Conus hennequini Petuch, 1993 represented as Conus hennequini Petuch, 1993Dauciconus honkeri : synonym of Conus honkeri Petuch, 1988Dauciconus jorioi Petuch, 2013: synonym of Conus jorioi represented as Conus jorioi Dauciconus kaiserae Tenorio, Tucker & Chaney, 2012: synonym of Conus kaiserae represented as Conus kaiserae Dauciconus lightbourni : synonym of Conus lightbourni Petuch, 1986Dauciconus maya : synonym of Conus maya represented as Conus maya Dauciconus parascalaris : synonym of Conus parascalaris Petuch, 1987Dauciconus poormani : synonym of Conus poormani Berry, 1968Dauciconus portobeloensis : synonym of Conus portobeloensis Petuch, 1990Dauciconus poulosi : synonym of Conus poulosi Petuch, 1993Dauciconus sanderi : synonym of Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek, 1979Dauciconus shaskyi Tenorio, Tucker & Chaney, 2012: synonym of Conus shaskyi represented as Conus shaskyi Dauciconus vikingorum : synonym of Conus vikingorum Petuch, 1993 represented as Conus vikingorum Petuch, 1993Dauciconus virgatus : synonym of Conus virgatus Reeve, 1849Dauciconus worki : synonym of Conus worki Petuch, 1998Dauciconus xanthicus : synonym of Conus xanthicus Dall, 1910