Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Alternative spelling: Conus (Lithoconus)
Synonym: Tesselliconus da Motta 1991
Parent taxon: Conidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Abbass 1967, Addicott 1970, Dey 1961, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser et al. 2009, Harzhauser et al. 2002, Hendy 2007, Landau et al. 2008, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Maury 1917, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1921, Woodring 1928 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Chelyconus, 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, 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 (Lithoconus) aegyptiacus Conus (Lithoconus) brevis Conus (Lithoconus) cairoensis Conus (Lithoconus) colossus Conus (Lithoconus) couvaensis Conus (Lithoconus) decollatus Conus (Lithoconus) derelictus Conus (Lithoconus) djarianensis Conus (Lithoconus) hardi Conus (Lithoconus) ickei Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus Conus (Lithoconus) kyudawonensis Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Conus (Lithoconus) mercatii Conus (Lithoconus) millepunctatus Conus (Lithoconus) myaukmigoensis Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis Lithoconus antiquus
Type: Conus millepunctatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), French Polynesia (1), Japan (3), Kenya (2), Taiwan (2), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: Florida), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (5), Fiji (2), Greece (2), India (9), Indonesia (10), Italy (4), Japan (3), Myanmar (4), Pakistan (11), the Philippines (1), Romania (2), Sao Tome and Principe (1), Somalia (3), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (6), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Türkiye (3)
• Oligocene of India (1), Myanmar (2), New Zealand (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (2), Somalia (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Pakistan (3), Somalia (1), United States (3: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 111 collections including 138 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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