Turriconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus excelsus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908) | |
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Subgenus: | Turriconus Shikama & Habe, 1968
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Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968 | |
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Conus (Turriconus) Shikama & Habe, 1968 |
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Turriconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Turriconus)Shikama & Habe, 1968 (type species: Turriconus nakayasui Shikama & Habe, 1968): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 [3]