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Conus (Lithoconus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus (Lithoconus) was named by Mörch (1852). It is extant. Its type is Conus millepunctatus.

It was reranked as Lithoconus by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Conus by Cossmann (1913), Vredenburg (1921), Woods (1922), Woodring (1928), Abrard (1946), Harris and Palmer (1947), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Dey (1961), Abbass (1967), Addicott (1970), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Landau et al. (2008) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Subtaxa
Conus (Lithoconus) aegyptiacus, Conus (Lithoconus) brevis (syn. Conus (Lithoconus) militaris, Conus catenulatus), Conus (Lithoconus) cairoensis, Conus (Lithoconus) colossus, Conus (Lithoconus) couvaensis, Conus (Lithoconus) decollatus, Conus (Lithoconus) derelictus, Conus (Lithoconus) djarianensis, Conus (Lithoconus) hardi, Conus (Lithoconus) ickei, Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus, Conus (Lithoconus) kyudawonensis, Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus, Conus (Lithoconus) millepunctatus, Conus (Lithoconus) myaukmigoensis, Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis, Lithoconus antiquus
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
1852Conus (Lithoconus) Mörch p. 66
1913Conus (Lithoconus) Cossmann p. 41
1921Conus (Lithoconus) Vredenburg p. 137
1922Conus (Lithoconus) Woods p. 108
1928Conus (Lithoconus) Woodring p. 203
1946Conus (Lithoconus) Abrard p. 100
1947Conus (Lithoconus) Harris and Palmer p. 444
1953Conus (Lithoconus) Olsson and Harbison p. 171
1961Conus (Lithoconus) Dey
1967Conus (Lithoconus) Abbass p. 119
1970Conus (Lithoconus) Addicott p. 124
2002Conus (Lithoconus) Harzhauser et al.
2002Lithoconus Sepkoski
2003Conus (Lithoconus) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2008Conus (Lithoconus) Landau et al. p. 456
2009Conus (Lithoconus) Harzhauser et al. p. 354

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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
subgenusLithoconusMörch 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 (Lithoconus) Mörch 1852
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†Conus (Lithoconus) brevis Sowerby 1840
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Invalid names: Conus (Lithoconus) militaris Sowerby 1840 [synonym], Conus catenulatus Sowerby 1840 [synonym]
†Conus (Lithoconus) hardi Martin 1879
†Conus (Lithoconus) ickei Martin 1906
†Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus Michelotti 1861
†Lithoconus antiquus Lamarck 1810
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available