Rank Subgenus | ||
Similar Turriconus, Virroconus, Dendroconus, Phasmoconus, Lautoconus | ||
Leporiconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Leporiconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Leporiconus) Iredale, 1930(type species: Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Distinguishing characteristics
The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Leporiconus from Conus in the following ways:
Species list
This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Leporiconus include:
References
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