Nataliconus has become a synonym of the subgenus Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758as stated the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015).[1]
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Genus: | Nataliconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009
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Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840 |
These are sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Nataliconus from Conus in the following ways:[3]
This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Nataliconus include:[2]