Conasprelloides is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks 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. (2015), Conasprelloides has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Dauciconus) Cotton, 1945 represented as Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Distinguishing characteristics The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Conasprelloides from Conus in the following ways: Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758 Shell characters (living and fossil species) The basic shell shape is conical to elongated conical, has a deep anal notch on the shoulder, a smooth periostracum and a small operculum. The shoulder of the shell is usually nodulose and the protoconch is usually multispiral. Markings often include the presence of tents except for black or white color variants, with the absence of spiral lines of minute tents and textile bars. Radular tooth (not known for fossil species) The radula has an elongated anterior section with serrations and a large exposed terminating cusp, a non-obvious waist, blade is either small or absent and has a short barb, and lacks a basal spur. Geographical distribution These species are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Feeding habits These species eat other gastropods including cones. Subgenus Conasprelloides Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 Shell characters (living and fossil species) The shell is turbinate to elongate conical in shape. The protoconch is paucispiral, the body whorl has ridges, and the whorl tops have nodules that may persist on later whorls. The anal notch is deep. The color pattern is simple and without clear spiral lines. The periostracum is tufted, and the operculum is small. Similar to Gladioconus, however the species in this genus do not retain nodules into their outer whorls, and do not have well developed darker brown markings on the whorl tops beyond the early whorls. Radular tooth (not known for fossil species) The anterior section of the radula is usually shorter than posterior section. The blade is indistinct but long and covers most of the length of the anterior section of the radular tooth. A basal spur is present, and the barb is short. The radular tooth has serrations and the terminating cusp is internal. Geographical distribution These species are found in the West Atlantic.. Feeding habits These species are presumed to be vermivorous (meaning that they prey on marine worms) based upon the aspect of