WoRMS name details
Protoconus da Motta, 1991
578310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578310)
unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Protoconus Yu, 1979 and Protoconus Stinchcomb, 1986; Tenorioconus is a replacement name)
Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus
- Species Protoconus archon (Broderip, 1833) accepted as Conus archon Broderip, 1833
- Species Protoconus aurantius (Hwass, 1792) accepted as Tenorioconus aurantius (Hwass, 1792) accepted as Conus aurantius Hwass, 1792
- Species Protoconus cedonulli (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Tenorioconus cedonulli (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Conus cedonulli Linnaeus, 1767
- Species Protoconus curassaviensis (Hwass, 1792) accepted as Tenorioconus curassaviensis (Hwass, 1792) accepted as Conus curassaviensis Hwass, 1792
- Species Protoconus duffyi (Petuch, 1992) accepted as Tenorioconus duffyi (Petuch, 1992) accepted as Conus duffyi Petuch, 1992
- Species Protoconus hanshassi Lorenz & Barbier, 2012 accepted as Conus hanshassi (Lorenz & Barbier, 2012)
- Species Protoconus harlandi (Petuch, 1987) accepted as Tenorioconus harlandi (Petuch, 1987) accepted as Conus harlandi Petuch, 1987
- Species Protoconus julieandreae (Cargile, 1995) accepted as Tenorioconus julieandreae (Cargile, 1995) accepted as Conus julieandreae Cargile, 1995
- Species Protoconus mappa ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Conus mappa [Lightfoot], 1786
- Species Protoconus pseudaurantius (Vink & Cosel, 1985) accepted as Conus pseudaurantius Vink & Cosel, 1985
- Species Protoconus scopulorum (Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1971) accepted as Conus scopulorum Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1971
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Leptoconus (Protoconus) 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): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protoconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578310 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptoconus (Protoconus) 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): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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] 
