Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Alternative spelling: Conus (Dendroconus)
Parent taxon: Conidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Mandic and Steininger 2003, Mukerjee 1939, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Chelyconus, Conasprella, Conasprelloides, Conilithes, Coninae, Conorbinae, Conus, Cryptoconus, Cylindrus, Darioconus, Dauciconus, 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 (Dendroconus) betulinus Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus Conus (Dendroconus) loroisii Conus (Dendroconus) maga
Type: Conus betulinus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (1)
• Miocene of Greece (2), India (3), Indonesia (3), Pakistan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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