Conus (Atlanticonus)

Atlanticonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Subgenus:	Atlanticonus Petuch & Sargent, 2012
Type species
Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Conus (Atlanticonus) Petuch & Sargent, 2012

Atlanticonus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Atlanticonus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Atlanticonus) Petuch & Sargent, 2012 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929

List of synonyms

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