Leptoconus 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), Leptoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840 (type species: Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Leptoconus from Conus in the following ways:
Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758Subgenus Leptoconus Swainson, 1840This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Leptoconus include:
Leptoconus (Phasmoconus) dusaveli H. Adams, 1872 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorConus dusaveli (H. Adams, 1872)Leptoconus abbotti (Clench, 1942): synonym of Conus jucundus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887Leptoconus amadis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791Leptoconus ammiralis (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758Leptoconus biraghii G. Raybaudi, 1992: synonym of Conus biraghii (G. Raybaudi, 1992)Leptoconus dusaveli H. Adams, 1872: synonym of Conus dusaveli (H. Adams, 1872)Leptoconus gernanti Petuch, 1975: synonym of Conus ambiguus Reeve, 1844Leptoconus hamanni (Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986): synonym of Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, 1961: synonym of Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887Leptoconus kawamurai (Habe, 1962): synonym of Conus kawamurai Habe, 1962Leptoconus locumtenens (Blumenbach, 1791): synonym of Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791Leptoconus mappa: synonym of Conus mappa Lightfoot, 1786Leptoconus milneedwardsi (Jousseaume, 1894): synonym of Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894Leptoconus temnes Iredale, 1930: synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
