Conus (Attenuiconus)

Attenuiconus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Subgenus:	Attenuiconus; Petuch, 2013
Type species
	Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844;
Synonyms
	Conus (Attenuiconus) Petuch, 2013

Attenuiconus is a subgenus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

In the new classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), Attenuiconus has become a subgenus of Conus: Conus (Attenuiconus) Petuch, 2013 represented as Conus Thiele, 1929 ^[2]

List of synonyms

Attenuiconus attenuatus (Reeve, 1844): synonym of Conus (Attenuiconus) attenuatus Reeve, 1844 represented as Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844
Attenuiconus aureonimbosus (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus (Attenuiconus) aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987
Attenuiconus eversoni (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Conus (Attenuiconus) eversoni Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987
Attenuiconus honkeri (Petuch, 1988): synonym of Conus (Attenuiconus) honkeri Petuch, 1988 represented as Conus honkeri Petuch, 1988
Attenuiconus ignotus (Cargile, 1998): synonym of Conus ignotus Cargile, 1998
Attenuiconus marileeae Harasewych, 2014: synonym of Conus (Attenuiconus) marileeae (Harasewych, 2014) represented as Conus marileeae (Harasewych, 2014)
Attenuiconus poulosi (Petuch, 1993): synonym of Conus (Attenuiconus) poulosi Petuch, 1993, represented as Conus poulosi Petuch, 1993

References

^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Attenuiconus Petuch, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730522 on 2015-06-09
^ Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

Petuch E. (2013) Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press. 252 pp. page(s): 212
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2015). Attenuiconus Petuch, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730522 on 2015-06-09

[Puillandre-2] Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

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