''Lindaconus'' is a

subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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mollusks in the genus ''Conus'', family

Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...

, the

cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, or lines ...

and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Lindaconus'' Petuch, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579460 on 2012-01-21Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Lindaconus'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'' as ''Conus (Lindaconus)'' Petuch, 2002 (type species: ''Conus lindae'' Petuch, 1987) represented as ''

Conus ''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). ''One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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Species

The following species are alternate representation: * ''Lindaconus bahamensis'' (Vink & Röckel, 1995): synonym of ''Conus (Lindaconus) bahamensis'' Vink & Röckel, 1995 represented as '' Conus bahamensis'' Vink & Röckel, 1995 * ''Lindaconus lindae'' (Petuch, 1987): synonym of ''Conus (Lindaconus) lindae'' Petuch, 1987 represented as '' Conus lindae'' Petuch, 1987 * ''Lindaconus spurius'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''Conus (Lindaconus) spurius'' Gmelin, 1791 represented as '' Conus spurius'' Gmelin, 1791 * ''Lindaconus spurius baylei'' (Jousseaume, 1872): synonym of ''Conus spurius baylei'' Jousseaume, 1872 * ''Lindaconus therriaulti'' Petuch, 2013: synonym of ''Conus (Lindaconus) therriaulti'' (Petuch, 2013) represented as ''

Conus therriaulti ''Conus therriaulti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, ...

'' (Petuch, 2013)

References

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
Conidae Gastropod subgenera {{Conidae-stub