Leptoconus Swainson 1840

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Alternative spelling: Conus (Leptoconus)

Parent taxon: Conidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Dey 1961, DuBar 1958, Harzhauser et al. 2002, Landau et al. 2008, Mukerjee 1939, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Petuch 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1928

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, 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: Conus (Leptoconus) amadis Conus (Leptoconus) bonneti Conus (Leptoconus) hanza Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Conus (Leptoconus) medialira Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis Conus (Leptoconus) petrolei Conus (Leptoconus) protofurvus Conus (Leptoconus) quilonensis Conus (Leptoconus) safaedensis Conus (Leptoconus) sanctaemariae Conus (Leptoconus) tomlini Conus (Leptoconus) yuleianus

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), Pakistan (1), Sudan (1), United States (5: Florida)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), India (1), Indonesia (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), the Dominican Republic (1), India (8), Indonesia (2), Myanmar (1), Pakistan (5), Peru (1), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Oligocene of Denmark (2), Mexico (2), Myanmar (2)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), India (1), Pakistan (4), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 51 collections including 62 occurrences

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