Conus (Rhizoconus)
Rhizoconus 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., Rhizoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus Mörch, 1852 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758.
Species
- Rhizoconus alisi represented as Conasprella alisi Moolenbeek, Röckel & Richard, 1995
- Rhizoconus anosyensis : synonym of Conus anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008 represented as Conus anosyensis Bozzetti, 2008
- Rhizoconus ardisiaceus represented as Conus ardisiaceus Kiener, 1845
- Rhizoconus capitaneus represented as Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758
- Rhizoconus cumingii represented as Conus cumingii Reeve, 1848
- Rhizoconus fumigatus represented as Conus fumigatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Rhizoconus hyaena represented as Conus hyaena Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Rhizoconus miles represented as Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758
- Rhizoconus mustelinus represented as Conus mustelinus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Rhizoconus namocanus represented as Conus namocanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Rhizoconus peli represented as Conus peli Moolenbeek, 1996
- Rhizoconus pertusus represented as Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Rhizoconus rattus represented as Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Rhizoconus rawaiensis represented as Conus rawaiensis da Motta, 1978
- Rhizoconus tirardi represented as Conus tirardi Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996
- Rhizoconus vexillum represented as Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791
- Rhizoconus wilsi represented as Conus wilsi Delsaerdt, 1998
The following species were brought into synonymy:
- Rhizoconus advertex Garrard, 1961: synonym of Conus advertex
- Rhizoconus hirasei Kuroda, 1956: synonym of Conus hirasei
- Rhizoconus kiicumulus Azuma, 1982: synonym of Conus kiicumulus
- Rhizoconus kimioi Habe, 1965: synonym of Conasprella kimioi
- Rhizoconus klemae Cotton, 1953: synonym of Conus klemae
- Rhizoconus nebulosus Azuma, 1973: synonym of Conus kiicumulus
- Rhizoconus paradiseus Shikama, T., 1977: synonym of Conus barthelemyi Bernardi, 1861
- Rhizoconus yoshioi Azuma, 1973: synonym of Conus sazanka Shikama, 1970