Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Alternative spelling: Conus (Pyruconus)
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1967. Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute 1-61
Parent taxon: Conidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 and Olsson 1967
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, Lithoconus, Lividoconus, Miliariconus, Moniliopsis, Monteiroconus, Nataliconus, Parviconus, Perplexiconus, Phasmoconus, Pionoconus, Plagioconus, Plicaustraconus, Profundiconus, Protostrioconus, Pseudoconorbis, Pseudolilliconus, Pseudonoduloconus, Pseudotominae, Puncticuliinae, Puncticulis, Purpuriconus, Quasiconus, Raphitominae, Rhizoconus, Rhombiconus, Rolaniconus, Sciteconus, Seminoleconus, Siphopsinae, Stellaconus, Stephanoconus, Strategoconus, Taranteconus, Textilia, Trovaoconus, Turriconus, Varioconus, Virgiconus, Virroconus, Vituliconus, Ximeniconus
Subtaxa: Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Conus (Pyruconus) planitectum Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Pyruconus hayesi
Type: Conus patricius
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (8), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (6), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (1), Haiti (2), Panama (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 33 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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