Conus (Leptoconus)
Leptoconus 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., Leptoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus Swainson, 1840 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Distinguishing characteristics
The Tucker & [Tenorio cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Leptoconus from Conus in the following ways:- Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
- Subgenus Leptoconus Swainson, 1840
Species list
This list of species is based on the information in the World [Register of Marine Species] list. Species within the genus Leptoconus include:- Leptoconus dusaveli H. Adams, 1872 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConus dusaveli
- Leptoconus abbotti : synonym of Conus jucundus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
- Leptoconus amadis : synonym of Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791
- Leptoconus ammiralis : synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
- Leptoconus biraghii G. Raybaudi, 1992: synonym of Conus biraghii
- Leptoconus dusaveli H. Adams, 1872: synonym of Conus dusaveli
- Leptoconus gernanti Petuch, 1975: synonym of Conus ambiguus Reeve, 1844
- Leptoconus hamanni : synonym of Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986
- Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, 1961: synonym of Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
- Leptoconus kawamurai : synonym of Conus kawamurai Habe, 1962
- Leptoconus locumtenens : synonym of Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791
- Leptoconus mappa: synonym of Conus mappa Lightfoot, 1786
- Leptoconus milneedwardsi : synonym of Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894
- Leptoconus temnes Iredale, 1930: synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758