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: Californiconus, Cariboconus, Conasprella, Conasprelloides, Coninae, Conorbinae, Conus, Cryptoconus, Dauciconus, Eugeniconus, Hortia, Kenyonia, Lamniconus, Lautoconus, Moniliopsis, Oenopotinae, Parviconus, Perplexiconus, Plagioconus, Profundiconus, Pseudotominae, Puncticuliinae, Purpuriconus, Pyruconus, Raphitominae, Seminoleconus, Siphopsinae
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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