Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Alternative combinations: Conus (Chelyconus) marginatus, Conus marginatus
Belongs to Conus (Leptoconus) according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Eames 1950, Maury 1917, Olsson 1922 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Conus (Leptoconus) amadis, Conus (Leptoconus) bonneti, Conus (Leptoconus) hanza, Conus (Leptoconus) medialira, Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis, Conus (Leptoconus) petrolei, Conus (Leptoconus) protofurvus, Conus (Leptoconus) quilonensis, Conus (Leptoconus) safaedensis, Conus (Leptoconus) sanctaemariae, Conus (Leptoconus) tomlini, Conus (Leptoconus) yuleianus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), India (2), Pakistan (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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