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Conus (Chelyoconus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Chelyconus was named by Mörch (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. Its type is Conus testudinarius.

It was reranked as Conus (Cheliconus) by Toula (1911); it was reranked as Conus (Chelyconus) by Cossmann (1913), Woodring (1928), Abrard (1946), Addicott (1970) and Marasti (1973); it was reranked as Conus (Chelyoconus) by Mandic and Steininger (2003).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Conus by Toula (1911), Cossmann (1913), Woodring (1928), Abrard (1946), Addicott (1970), Marasti (1973) and Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Subtaxa
Conus (Chelyconus) federalis, Conus (Chelyconus) jenkinsi, Conus (Chelyconus) minbuensis, Conus (Chelyconus) owenianus, Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius, Conus (Chelyconus) umbgrovei
Species lacking formal opinion data
Conus aegilops, Conus antediluvianus, Conus aristophanes, Conus babaensis, Conus bayeri, Conus berghausi, Conus bonus, Conus brunneus, Conus capitaneus, Conus centurio, Conus clavatulus, Conus cosmetulus, Conus crocea, Conus drezki, Conus emaciatus, Conus erythraeensis, Conus eversoni, Conus frigidus, Conus gembacanus, Conus glans, Conus granifer, Conus iliolus, Conus kahiko, Conus kevani, Conus kutaiensis, Conus longesperatus, Conus lucidus, Conus macneili, Conus malaccanus, Conus mercati, Conus miruchae, Conus moreleti, Conus musatella, Conus mutilatus, Conus ngavianus, Conus patriceus, Conus proliferatus, Conus protractus, Conus pseudoponderosus, Conus pygmaea, Conus raphanus, Conus regius, Conus saecularis, Conus sinensis, Conus socialis, Conus sponsalis, Conus submonilifer, Conus tallis, Conus textile, Conus vindobonensis, Conus vindobonensis, Conus whitei, Conus yabei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Chelyconus Mörch p. 69
1911Conus (Cheliconus) Toula p. 507
1913Conus (Chelyconus) Cossmann p. 46
1928Conus (Chelyconus) Woodring p. 207
1946Conus (Chelyconus) Abrard p. 100
1970Conus (Chelyconus) Addicott p. 122
1973Conus (Chelyconus) Marasti p. 97
2002Chelyconus Sepkoski
2003Conus (Chelyoconus) Mandic and Steininger p. 274

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConus
subgenusChelyoconus(Mörch 1852)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Conus (Chelyoconus) Mörch 1852
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†Conus (Chelyconus) minbuensis Vredenburg 1921
†Conus oweniana ynezianus Loel and Corey 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available