A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea Author Harzhauser, Mathias Author Landau, Bernard text Zootaxa 2016 4210 1 1 178 journal article 37280 10.11646/zootaxa.4210.1.1 e782e07d-76b7-4e9b-ba34-ed3286254ec6 1175-5326 252966 D39416B8-CF85-440B-84C2-D4380BECC4E3 Genus Plagioconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 Type species (by original designation): Conus elatus Michelotti, 1847 . Miocene, Europe. Note. Tucker & Tenorio (2009) erected the genus Plagioconus , which they characterised as including species with an elongated last whorl, spire with a convex profile; the spire whorls devoid of sculpture and a shallow subsutural flexure. This is an exclusively European Miocene genus. If our interpretation of the genus is correct, the generic description must be emended. The shells have indeed an elongated last whorl, but the spire, which can be mediumhigh is always beaded on the earliest whorls and spiral sculpture on the ramp may range from finely to distinctly striate. Tucker & Tenorio (2009) described the anal notch as shallow, however, most species, including the type species, have a deep to very deep, moderately to strongly asymmetrical subsutural flexure, which is moderately to strongly curved.