Figure 1.
Phylogenetic tree showing shells of fish-hunting cone snails, each representing one of the 8 subgenera. Among the shells illustrated are Conus rolani (subgenus Asprella); Conus kinoshitai, (subgenus Afonsoconus); Conus bullatus (subgenus Textilia); Conus striatus (subgenus Pionoconus); Conus pergrandis (subgenus Embrikena); Conus geographus (subgenus Gastridium); Conus moluccensis (subgenus Phasmoconus) and Conus purpurascens (subgenus Chelyconus). The focus of this review are 3 of the species shown, Conus striatus, Conus geographus and Conus purpurascens. All of the specimens illustrated are from the Philippines, except for Conus striatus (Madagascar) and Conus purpurascens (Mexico, Eastern Pacific).