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
AttenuiconusPetuch, 2013

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]

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

Species brought into synonymy

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

References

• 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