Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Synonyms: Conospirus Gregario 1890, Conus (Conospira) Gregario 1890
Parent taxon: Conidae according to P. A. Maxwell 1978
See also Newton 1922, Tracey and Todd 1996 and Vredenburg 1921
Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Chelyconus, Conasprella, Conasprelloides, 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: Conilithes antidiluvianus Conilithes wollastoni Conospirus parisiensis Conus (Conospira) galensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Holy See (Vatican City State) (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Italy (5), New Zealand (7), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Myanmar (2)
• Eocene of France (1), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (8), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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