The Echinoid Directory

Key to genera of Conulidae



1a.Periproct large and longitudinal; ambital or supra-ambital in position.

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1b. Periproct small and subcircular; inframarginal in position.

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2a. Ambulacral pore-pairs arranged as a single, straight to slightly offset row towards the peristome.

Globator

2b. Ambulacral pore-pairs arranged as multiple rows towards the peristome.

3a.Ambulacral plating pyrinoid from apex to peristome.

Conulus

3b.Ambulacral plating entirely simple above the ambitus but pyrinoid adorally.

Adelopneustes