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Conorbidae Conorbidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: ...

. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
/ref>Bouchet, P. (2011). Artemidiconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577954 on 2011-08-12 Like other species in the superfamily Conoidea these snails are

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. This genus was added to the family Conorbidae by Tucker & Tenorio (2009) Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. (2009) Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, with Keys to the Genera of Cone Shells. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, 295 pp

Species

The only known species within the genus ''Artemidiconus'' is: * '' Artemidiconus selenae'' (van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967)

References

* da Motta, A.J. (1991) ''A Systematic Classification of the Gastropod Family Conidae at the Generic Level.'' La Conchiglia, Rome. 48 pp,.

External References

* See image of ''Artemidiconus selenae'' (van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_9593.shtml {{Taxonbar, from=Q4797454 Monotypic gastropod genera