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Conus (Atlanticonus)

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Subgenus of gastropods

Conus (Atlanticonus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Subgenus: Atlanticonus
Petuch & Sargent, 2012
Type species
Conus granulatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Atlanticonus Petuch & Sargent, 2012

Conus (Atlanticonus) 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 Atlanticonus are now considered as "alternate representations" of species in the genus Conus:

  • Conus (Atlanticonus) cuna (Petuch, 1998) represented as Conus cuna Petuch, 1998
  • †Conus (Atlanticonus) franklinae Hendricks, 2015 represented as †Conus franklinae Hendricks, 2015
  • Conus (Atlanticonus) glenni (Petuch, 1993) represented as Conus glenni Petuch, 1993
  • Conus (Atlanticonus) granulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • †Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury, 1917represented as †Conus olssoni Maury, 1917
  • Conus (Atlanticonus) ritae (Petuch, 1995) represented as Conus ritae Petuch, 1995

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2022). Atlanticonus Petuch & Sargent, 2022. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=706614 on 2022-10-13
Taxon identifiers
Atlanticonus
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