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Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956
428962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428962)
accepted
Genus
Chelyconus (Profundiconus) profundorum Kuroda, 1956 accepted as Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956) (type by original designation)
Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956 · unaccepted (original rank)
Conus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956 · unaccepted
Leptoconus (Lizaconus) da Motta, 1991 · unaccepted
- Species Profundiconus barazeri M. Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
- Species Profundiconus cakobaui (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008)
- Species Profundiconus dondani (Kosuge, 1981)
- Species Profundiconus emersoni (G D. Hanna, 1963)
- Species Profundiconus estivali (Moolenbeek & Richard, 1995)
- Species Profundiconus frausseni (M. Tenorio & Poppe, 2004)
- Species Profundiconus hennigi Hendricks, 2015 †
- Species Profundiconus ikedai (Ninomiya, 1987)
- Species Profundiconus jeanmartini G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1992
- Species Profundiconus kanakinus (Richard, 1983)
- Species Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979)
- Species Profundiconus limpalaeri M. Tenorio & Monnier, 2016
- Species Profundiconus loyaltiensis (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1995)
- Species Profundiconus maribelae M. Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
- Species Profundiconus motirohivanus M. Tenorio, Fenzan, Sellanes & Tapia-Guerra, 2023
- Species Profundiconus neocaledonicus M. Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
- Species Profundiconus neotorquatus (da Motta, 1985)
- Species Profundiconus pacificus (Moolenbeek & Röckel, 1996)
- Species Profundiconus palmerae (Hendricks & Portell, 2008) †
- Species Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956)
- Species Profundiconus puillandrei M. Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
- Species Profundiconus robmoolenbeeki M. Tenorio, 2016
- Species Profundiconus scopulicola Okutani, 1972
- Species Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
- Species Profundiconus smirnoides M. Tenorio, 2015
- Species Profundiconus stahlschmidti M. Tenorio & J. K. Tucker, 2014
- Species Profundiconus tarava (Rabiller & Richard, 2014)
- Species Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
- Species Profundiconus tuberculosus (Tomlin, 1937)
- Species Profundiconus vaubani (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1995)
- Species Profundiconus virginiae M. Tenorio & Castelin, 2016
- Species Profundiconus weii Lorenz & Barbier, 2019
- Species Profundiconus zardoyai M. Tenorio, 2015
- Subgenus Profundiconus (Fusiconus) da Motta, 1991 accepted as Conasprella (Fusiconus) da Motta, 1991 represented as Conasprella Thiele, 1929 (basionym)
- Species Profundiconus articulatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) accepted as Conasprella articulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
- Species Profundiconus baileyi (Röckel & da Motta, 1979) accepted as Conasprella baileyi (Röckel & da Motta, 1979)
- Species Profundiconus darkini (Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993) accepted as Conus darkini Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993
- Species Profundiconus elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) accepted as Conasprella elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
- Species Profundiconus eucoronatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) accepted as Conasprella eucoronata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
- Species Profundiconus eugrammatus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) accepted as Conasprella eugrammata (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
- Species Profundiconus luciae (Moolenbeek, 1986) accepted as Conus luciae Moolenbeek, 1986
- Species Profundiconus memiae (T. Habe & Kosuge, 1970) accepted as Conasprella memiae (T. Habe & Kosuge, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Profundiconus orbignyi (Audouin, 1831) accepted as Conasprella orbignyi (Audouin, 1831)
- Species Profundiconus rashafunensis Bozzetti, 2021 accepted as Profundiconus neotorquatus (da Motta, 1985) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Profundiconus sinensis Bozzetti, 2023 accepted as Afonsoconus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) accepted as Conus (Afonsoconus) kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) represented as Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Profundiconus soyomaruae Okutani, 1964 accepted as Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda, 1956)
- Species Profundiconus wakayamaensis (Kuroda, 1956) accepted as Conasprella wakayamaensis (Kuroda, 1956)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956) Kuroda T. (1956). New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda) from Japan. <em>Venus.</em> 19(1): 1-16, pl. 1., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjmc/19/1/19_KJ00004338802/_pdf/-char/en
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Profundiconus Kuroda, 1956. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428962 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Leptoconus (Lizaconus) da Motta, 1991) da Motta, A. J. (1991). <i>A systematic classification of the gastropod family Conidae at the generic level</i>. La Conchiglia, Rome. 48 pp.
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956) Kuroda T. (1956). New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda) from Japan. <em>Venus.</em> 19(1): 1-16, pl. 1., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjmc/19/1/19_KJ00004338802/_pdf/-char/en
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Tenorio M.J. & Castelin M. (2016). Genus <i>Profundiconus</i> Kuroda, 1956 (Gastropoda, Conoidea): Morphological and molecular studies, with the description of five new species from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 173: 1-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.173 [details]
additional source Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. [details]
additional source 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]
status source Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) <i>Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details]
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956) Kuroda T. (1956). New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda) from Japan. <em>Venus.</em> 19(1): 1-16, pl. 1., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjmc/19/1/19_KJ00004338802/_pdf/-char/en
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Tenorio M.J. & Castelin M. (2016). Genus <i>Profundiconus</i> Kuroda, 1956 (Gastropoda, Conoidea): Morphological and molecular studies, with the description of five new species from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 173: 1-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.173 [details]
additional source Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) <i>Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells</i>. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. [details]
additional source 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]
status source Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) <i>Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details]
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