| Conus (Attenuiconus) | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Subgenus: | Attenuiconus Petuch, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Conus (Attenuiconus) is a taxon of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. Although formerly described as a distinct subgenus, it is currently considered as an alternative representation of the cone snail genus, Conus.
Species
All the species formerly classified in the subgenus Attenuiconus are now considered as "alternate representations" of species in the genus Conus:
- Conus (Attenuiconus) attenuatus Reeve, 1844 represented as Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844
- Conus (Attenuiconus) aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987
- Conus (Attenuiconus) eversoni Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987
- Conus (Attenuiconus) honkeri Petuch, 1988 represented as Conus honkeri Petuch, 1988
- Conus (Attenuiconus) marileeae (Harasewych, 2014) represented as Conus marileeae (Harasewych, 2014)
- Conus (Attenuiconus) poulosi Petuch, 1993, represented as Conus poulosi Petuch, 1993
- Species brought into synonymy
- Attenuiconus ignotus (Cargile, 1998): synonym of Conus ignotus Cargile, 1998
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2022). Attenuiconus Petuch, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2022). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730522 on 2022-10-13
- Petuch E. (2013) Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press. 252 pp. page(s): 212
- 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