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Conus sp.

genus Conus Linnaeus, 1758

Invalid synonym: Chelyconus sp.

• Modern species: early Eocene - Present (48.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, order Neogastropoda, family Conidae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Fukui, Tochigi, Saitama, Gifu, Shimane
• Pliocene: Chiba
• Investigation in progress: Saitama (Miocene?)

• Subtaxa
• C. moniwaensis
• C. oyamai
• C. tokunagai
• C. yoshidensis