Conus (Kalloconus)
Kalloconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the 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., Kalloconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus da Motta, 1991 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Distinguishing characteristics
The Tucker & Tenorio [cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Kalloconus from Conus in the following ways:- Genus Conus ''sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
- Subgenus Kalloconus'' da Motta, 1991