Leporiconus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Conidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Conoidea 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.

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:

Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758

Subgenus Leporiconus Iredale, 1930

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:

Leporiconus coffeae (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791

Leporiconus corallinus (Kiener, 1845): synonym of Conus corallinus Kiener, 1845

Leporiconus cylindraceus (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1830): synonym of Conus cylindraceus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830

Leporiconus glans (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Leporiconus granum (Röckel & Fischöder, 1985): synonym of Conus granum Röckel & Fischöder, 1985

Leporiconus luteus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of Conus luteus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Leporiconus mitratus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Conus mitratus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Leporiconus nucleus (Reeve, 1848): synonym of Conus nucleus Reeve, 1848

Leporiconus tenuistriatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1858): synonym of Conus tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858

References

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Distinguishing characteristics

Species list

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