Cylinder (gastropod)


Cylinder is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P., Cylinder has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus Petuch & Sargent, 2012 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929. The same study found Cylinder to be polyphyletic, but morphologically consistent, possibly corresponding to grades. Conus ammiralis, Conus canonicus and Conus dalli cluster with the type species Conus textile, the others form a separate clade.

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Cylinder from Conus in the following ways:
This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species list. Species within the genus Cylinder include: