Conus (Atlanticonus)
Subgenus of gastropods
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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.[1]
| Conus (Atlanticonus) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Species
All the species formerly classified in the subgenus Atlanticonus are now considered as "alternate representations" of species in the genus Conus:[1]
- 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