''Virgiconus'' is a

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s in the genus ''Conus'', family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Virgiconus'' Cotton, 1945. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429064 on 2012-01-21Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Virgiconus'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'' as ''Conus (Virgiconus)'' Cotton, 1945 (type species: ''Conus virgo'' Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''

Conus ''Conus'' is a genus of venomous and predatory cone snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&i ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 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''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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Species

* ''Virgiconus berdulinus'' (Veillard, 1972) represented as '' Conus berdulinus'' Veillard, 1972 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus coelinae'' (Crosse, 1858) represented as '' Conus coelinae'' Crosse, 1858 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus emaciatus'' (Reeve, 1849) represented as '' Conus emaciatus'' Reeve, 1849 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus flavidus'' (Lamarck, 1810) represented as '' Conus flavidus'' Lamarck, 1810 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus frigidus'' (Reeve, 1848) represented as '' Conus frigidus'' Reeve, 1848 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus kintoki'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1970) represented as '' Conus kintoki'' Habe & Kosuge, 1970 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus moreleti'' (Crosse, 1858) represented as '' Conus moreleti'' Crosse, 1858 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus spiceri'' (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) represented as '' Conus spiceri'' Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus terebra'' (Born, 1778) represented as '' Conus terebra'' Born, 1778 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus tethys'' Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of '' Conus tethys'' (Petuch & Sargent, 2011) * ''Virgiconus thalassiarchus'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) represented as '' Conus thalassiarchus'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (alternate representation) * ''Virgiconus virgo'' (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as '' Conus virgo'' Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)

References

External links

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Conidae Gastropod subgenera {{Conidae-stub