Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Drilliidae

Conopleura Hinds, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description	Hinds, R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. Smith, Elder and Co., London, v + 72 pp., 21 pls. [Pp. 1-24, pls. 1-7, July 1844; pp. 25-48, pl. 8-14, October 1844; p. i-v, 49-72, pl. 15-21, January 1845].
basis of record	Nappo, A.; Rey, X.; Pellegrini, D.; Bonomolo, G.; Crocetta, F. (2018). Revisiting the disjunct distribution of Conopleura Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Drilliidae). Zootaxa. 4392(3): 567-587.
additional source	Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conopleura Hinds, 1844. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137812