''Eoconus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s, in the family
Conidae, the
cone snails and their allies.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus'' J. K. Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052047 on 2018-12-26]
Species
Species within the genus ''Eoconus'' include:
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Eoconus bareti
''Eoconus bareti'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus bareti'' (Vasseur, 1882) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinesp ...
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(Vasseur, 1882)
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Eoconus derelictus
''Eoconus derelictus'' is an extinct species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus derelictus'' (Deshayes, 1865) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(Deshayes, 1865)
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Eoconus diversiformis
''Eoconus diversiformis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus diversiformis'' (Deshayes, 1835) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...
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(Deshayes, 1835)
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Eoconus sauridens
''Eoconus sauridens'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus sauridens'' (Conrad, 1833) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mar ...
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(Conrad, 1833)
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Eoconus sulciferus
''Eoconus'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Conidae, the Conus, cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus'' J. K. Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 †. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
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(Deshayes, 1835)
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Eoconus veteratoris
''Eoconus veteratoris'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Eoconus veteratoris'' Tracey & Craig, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...
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Tracey & Craig, 2017
References
* Conrad, Timothy Abbott. "ART. XVII. ''On some new Fossil and Recent Shells of the United States''." American Journal of Science and Arts (1820-1879) 23.2 (1833): 339.
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