Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Alternative spellings: Conus (Cheliconus), Conus (Chelyconus), Conus (Chelyoconus)
Parent taxon: Conidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Addicott 1970, Anderson 1929, Hendy 2007, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marasti 1973, Maury 1917, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Conasprella, Conasprelloides, Conilithes, Coninae, Conorbinae, Conus, Cryptoconus, Cylindrus, Darioconus, Dauciconus, Dendroconus, Ductoconus, Dyraspis, Eremiconus, Eugeniconus, Floraconus, Fulgiconus, Gastridium, Genuanoconus, Gladioconus, Globiconus, Gradiconus, Harmoniconus, Hermes, Hortia, Jaspidiconus, Kalloconus, Kenyonia, Ketyconus, Kioconus, Kohniconus, Kuradoconus, Lamniconus, Lautoconus, Leporiconus, Leptoconus, Lilliconus, Lindaconus, Lithoconus, Lividoconus, Miliariconus, Moniliopsis, Monteiroconus, Nataliconus, Parviconus, Perplexiconus, Phasmoconus, Pionoconus, Plagioconus, Plicaustraconus, Profundiconus, Protostrioconus, Pseudoconorbis, Pseudolilliconus, Pseudonoduloconus, Pseudotominae, Puncticuliinae, Puncticulis, Purpuriconus, Pyruconus, Quasiconus, Raphitominae, Rhizoconus, Rhombiconus, Rolaniconus, Sciteconus, Seminoleconus, Siphopsinae, Stellaconus, Stephanoconus, Strategoconus, Taranteconus, Textilia, Trovaoconus, Turriconus, Varioconus, Virgiconus, Virroconus, Vituliconus, Ximeniconus
Subtaxa: Conus (Chelyconus) federalis Conus (Chelyconus) jenkinsi Conus (Chelyconus) minbuensis Conus (Chelyconus) owenianus Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius Conus (Chelyconus) umbgrovei
Type: Conus testudinarius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (5 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Indonesia (3), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (4), Japan (2), Romania (4), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), Türkiye (1), United States (9: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 41 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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