Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Synonyms: Conus (Magelliconus) da Motta 1991, Magelliconus da Motta 1991
Parent taxon: Conidae according to J. R. Hendricks 2015
See also Bouchet et al. 2011 and Hendricks 2008
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, Pyruconus, Quasiconus, Raphitominae, Rhizoconus, Rhombiconus, Rolaniconus, Sciteconus, Seminoleconus, Siphopsinae, Stellaconus, Stephanoconus, Strategoconus, Taranteconus, Textilia, Trovaoconus, Turriconus, Varioconus, Virgiconus, Virroconus, Vituliconus, Ximeniconus
Subtaxa: Purpuriconus symmetricus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (9), Panama (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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