''Strategoconus'' 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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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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). ''Strategoconus'' da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579473 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), ''Strategoconus'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'' as ''Conus (Strategoconus)''da Motta, 1991 (type species:''Conus generalis'' Linnaeus, 1767) 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: * ''Strategoconus generalis'' (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as ''

Conus generalis ''Conus generalis'', common name the general cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" human ...

'' Linnaeus, 1767 (alternate representation) * ''Strategoconus litoglyphus'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as ''

Conus litoglyphus ''Conus litoglyphus'', common name the lithograph cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, more popularly known as a cone snail, cone shell or cone.Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus litoglyphus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 ...

'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation) * ''Strategoconus litteratus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as '' Conus litteratus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) * ''Strategoconus maldivus'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as ''

Conus maldivus ''Conus maldivus'', common name the Maldive cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus maldivus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: ...

'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation) * ''Strategoconus monile'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as ''

Conus monile ''Conus monile'', common name the necklace cone, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and venom ...

'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation) * ''Strategoconus splendidulus'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) represented as ''

Conus splendidulus ''Conus splendidulus'', common name the clay cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and ven ...

'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (alternate representation) * ''Strategoconus thomae'' (Gmelin, 1791) represented as ''

Conus thomae ''Conus thomae'', common name St. Thomas cone, 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 (frequentl ...

'' Gmelin, 1791 (alternate representation)

References

External links

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