Taranteconus Knowpia

Taranteconus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus chiangi (Azuma, M., 1972)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Taranteconus; Azuma, 1972
Type species
	Taranteconus chiangi Azuma, 1972;
Synonyms
	Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852; Cornutoconus Suzuki, 1972;

Taranteconus is a synonym of Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852. This was a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]^[2]

Species edit

Taranteconus chiangi Azuma, 1972: synonym of Conus chiangi (Azuma, 1972)
Taranteconus polongimarumai (Kosuge, 1980): synonym of Conus polongimarumai Kosuge, 1980

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2011). Taranteconus Azuma, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430130 on 2012-01-21
^ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.