Profundiconus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda

Similar Conasprella, Africonus, Profundiconus teramachii, Chelyconus, Lautoconus

Profundiconus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous.

Species

Profundiconus cakobaui (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008)

Profundiconus dondani (Kosuge, 1981)

Profundiconus emersoni (Hanna, 1963)

Profundiconus frausseni (Tenorio & Poppe, 2004)

† Profundiconus hennigi Hendricks, 2015

Profundiconus ikedai (Ninomiya, 1987)

Profundiconus jeanmartini G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992

Profundiconus kanakinus (Richard, 1983)

Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979)

Profundiconus loyaltiensis (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1995)

Profundiconus pacificus (Moolenbeek & Röckel, 1996)

Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956)

Profundiconus scopulicola Okutani, 1972

Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)

Profundiconus smirnoides Tenorio, 2015

Profundiconus stahlschmidti Tenorio & Tucker, 2014

Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)

Profundiconus tuberculosus (Tomlin, 1937)

Profundiconus vaubani (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1995)

Profundiconus zardoyai Tenorio, 2015

Species brought into synonymy

Profundiconus bayeri (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus bayeri Petuch, 1987

Profundiconus darkini (Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993) represented as Conus darkini Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993 (alternate representation)

Profundiconus luciae (Moolenbeek, 1986) represented as Conus luciae Moolenbeek, 1986 (alternate representation)

Profundiconus soyomaruae Okutani, 1964: synonym of Conus profundorum' (Kuroda, 1956), synonym of Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956)

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