''Conus'' (''Atlanticonus'') is a

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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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s in the

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Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...

. Although formerly described as a distinct

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, it is currently considered as an alternative representation of the cone snail genus, ''

Conus ''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

''.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

Species

All the species formerly classified in the subgenus ''Atlanticonus'' are now considered as "alternate representations" of species in the genus ''

'': * ''Conus'' (''Atlanticonus'') ''cuna'' (Petuch, 1998) represented as ''

Conus cuna ''Conus cuna'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Conidae, the Conus, cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and venomous. They ar ...

'' 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 ''Conus granulatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "s ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 * †''Conus'' (''Atlanticonus'') ''olssoni'' Maury, 1917represented as †'' Conus olssoni'' Maury, 1917 * ''Conus'' (''Atlanticonus'') ''ritae'' (Petuch, 1995) represented as '' Conus ritae'' Petuch, 1995

References

Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (2012) ''Rare and unusual shells of Southern Florida (Mainland, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas).'' Mount Dora, Florida: Conch Republic Books. 189 pp.
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