African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840

AfReMaS name details

Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

849829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:849829)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840

Synonymised names

Leptoconus Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

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Species Conus (Leptoconus) saecularis Melvill, 1898 accepted as Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 312 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849829 on 2026-02-16

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. Conus (Leptoconus) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849829 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-06-16 19:55:33Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-04-29 04:16:55Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 312 [details]

basis of record Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 81: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptoconus) (from synonym Leptoconus Swainson, 1840)
To Genbank (from synonym Leptoconus Swainson, 1840)