Protostrioconus
Apertural view of shell of Conus obscurus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Protostrioconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009[1]
Type species
Conus obscurus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms
Conus (Gastridium) Modeer, 1793

Protostrioconus is a synonym of Conus (Gastridium) Modeer, 1793 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758. These are sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

• Protostrioconus obscurus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) represented as Conus obscurus G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 (alternate representation)

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. page(s): 78
• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species

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