Virroconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Virroconus has become a subgenus of Conus as Conus (Virroconus) Iredale, 1930 (type species: Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 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
Species Virroconus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Conus chaldaeus (Röding, 1798) Virroconus ebraeus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758 Virroconus judaeus (Bergh, 1895): synonym of Conus judaeus Bergh, 1895
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External links To World Register of Marine Species