Cryptoconus Koenen 1867 (cone shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Alternative spelling: Pleurotoma (Cryptoconus)

Parent taxon: Conidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Squires 1987, Squires 1988 and Vredenburg 1921

Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Chelyconus, Conasprella, Conasprelloides, Conilithes, Coninae, Conorbinae, Conus, 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: Cryptoconus carinatus Cryptoconus injucundus Cryptoconus macnairyensis Cryptoconus sandiegoensis

view classification

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1)

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), France (3), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (4)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Tennessee)

Total: 18 collections including 26 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.