Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Parent taxon: Conidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser et al. 2009 and Hoerle 1976
Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Chelyconus, Conasprella, Conasprelloides, Conilithes, 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: Glyptotoma
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (43: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 44 collections including 51 occurrences