Table I.
Subgenus | Type species (see Figure 1) | # species | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total assigned | Supported by molecular data+ | Envenomation observed | ||
Afonsoconus* Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 | Conus kinoshitai Kuroda, 1956 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Asprella* Schaufuss, 1869 | Conus sulcatus Bruguière, 1792 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
Chelyconus† Mörch, 1852 | Conus ermineus Born, 1778 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Embrikena* Iredale, 1937 | Conus pergrandis (Iredale, 1937) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Gastridium Modeer, 1793 | Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Phasmoconus Mörch, 1852 | Conus radiatus Gmelin, 1791 | 75 | 19 | 1 |
Pionoconus Mörch, 1852 | Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758 | 26 | 15 | 8 |
Textilia Swainson, 1840 | Conus bullatus Linnaeus, 1758 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
Prey capture has not been directly observed in these lineages.
Panama and Tropical Atalntic in biogeographic distribution (not Indo-Pacific).
From Puillandre et al., 2014. Many of the assignments are really only “best guesses” based solely on shell morphology.