Conus (Attenuiconus)

Conus (Attenuiconus) 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 (Attenuiconus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Subgenus:	Attenuiconus Petuch, 2013
Type species
Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844
Synonyms
Attenuiconus Petuch, 2013

Species

All the species formerly classified in the subgenus Attenuiconus are now considered as "alternate representations" of species in the genus Conus:^[1]

• Conus (Attenuiconus) attenuatus Reeve, 1844 represented as Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844
• Conus (Attenuiconus) aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus aureonimbosus Petuch, 1987
• Conus (Attenuiconus) eversoni Petuch, 1987 represented as Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987
• Conus (Attenuiconus) honkeri Petuch, 1988 represented as Conus honkeri Petuch, 1988
• Conus (Attenuiconus) marileeae (Harasewych, 2014) represented as Conus marileeae (Harasewych, 2014)
• Conus (Attenuiconus) poulosi Petuch, 1993, represented as Conus poulosi Petuch, 1993

Species brought into synonymy

• Attenuiconus ignotus (Cargile, 1998): synonym of Conus ignotus Cargile, 1998