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Leptoconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Leptoconus

Subgenus
  
Leptoconus Swainson, 1840

Similar
  
Conus, Conus ammiralis, Asprella, Pionoconus, Darioconus

Leptoconus 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), Leptoconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840 (type species: Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791) represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Distinguishing characteristics

The 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 (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, 1887
  • Leptoconus amadis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Conus amadis Gmelin, 1791
  • Leptoconus ammiralis (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leptoconus 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, 1844
  • Leptoconus hamanni (Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986): synonym of Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986
  • Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, 1961: synonym of Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
  • Leptoconus kawamurai (Habe, 1962): synonym of Conus kawamurai Habe, 1962
  • Leptoconus locumtenens (Blumenbach, 1791): synonym of Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791
  • Leptoconus mappa: synonym of Conus mappa Lightfoot, 1786
  • Leptoconus milneedwardsi (Jousseaume, 1894): synonym of Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894
  • Leptoconus temnes Iredale, 1930: synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758

    • References

    Leptoconus Wikipedia
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