African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Conoidea J. Fleming, 1822

AphiaID

15140 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:15140)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Neogastropoda

Original name

Conidae J. Fleming, 1822

Direct children (19)

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Family Borsoniidae Bellardi, 1875
Family Clathurellidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Family Clavatulidae J. E. Gray, 1853
Family Cochlespiridae A. W. B. Powell, 1942
Family Conidae J. Fleming, 1822
Family Conorbidae De Gregorio, 1880
Family Drilliidae Olsson, 1964
Family Fusiturridae Abdelkrim, Aznar-Cormano, Fedosov, Kantor, Lozouet, Phuong, Zaharias & Puillandre, 2018
Family Horaiclavidae Bouchet, Kantor, Sysoev & Puillandre, 2011
Family Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883
Family Mitromorphidae T. L. Casey, 1904
Family Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966
Family Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875
Family Terebridae Mörch, 1852
Family Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838)
Subfamily Crassispirinae J. H. McLean, 1971 accepted as Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966
Subfamily Daphnellinae T. L. Casey, 1904 accepted as Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875
Subfamily Turriculinae A. W. B. Powell, 1942 accepted as Clavatulidae J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Conoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 490 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conoidea J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15140 on 2026-02-05

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Conoidea J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15140 on 2026-02-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2009-02-02 11:06:43Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2015-12-27 04:54:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-11-16 17:12:17Z

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Nielsen, Sven

2025-11-20 21:48:08Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 490 [details]

taxonomy source Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Conoidea)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)