WoRMS name details
Virgiconus Cotton, 1945
429064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:429064)
unaccepted
Conus (Virgiconus) Cotton, 1945 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus
Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)
- Species Virgiconus berdulinus (Veillard, 1972) accepted as Conus (Virgiconus) berdulinus Veillard, 1972 represented as Conus berdulinus Veillard, 1972
- Species Virgiconus coelinae (Crosse, 1858) accepted as Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858 (superseded combination)
- Species Virgiconus emaciatus (Reeve, 1849) accepted as Conus emaciatus Reeve, 1849
- Species Virgiconus flavidus (Lamarck, 1810) accepted as Conus flavidus Lamarck, 1810 (superseded combination)
- Species Virgiconus frigidus (Reeve, 1848) accepted as Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848
- Species Virgiconus kintoki (T. Habe & Kosuge, 1970) accepted as Conus kintoki T. Habe & Kosuge, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Virgiconus malabaricus Monnier, Limpalaër & M. Tenorio, 2017 accepted as Conus (Virgiconus) malabaricus (Monnier, Limpalaër & M. Tenorio, 2017) represented as Conus malabaricus (Monnier, Limpalaër & M. Tenorio, 2017)
- Species Virgiconus moreleti (Crosse, 1858) accepted as Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
- Species Virgiconus spiceri (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) accepted as Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943
- Species Virgiconus terebra (Born, 1778) accepted as Conus terebra Born, 1778
- Species Virgiconus tethys Petuch & Sargent, 2011 accepted as Conus tethys (Petuch & Sargent, 2011) (original combination)
- Species Virgiconus thalassiarchus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Conus thalassiarchus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Species Virgiconus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758
marine
Cotton, B.C. (1945). A catalogue of the cone shells (Conidae) in the South Australian Museum. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 8(2): 228-280, 1 fig., 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40995693 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Virgiconus Cotton, 1945. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429064 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Cotton, B.C. (1945). A catalogue of the cone shells (Conidae) in the South Australian Museum. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 8(2): 228-280, 1 fig., 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40995693 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) <i>Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. [details]
Other
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]
