Artemidiconus is a monospecific genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conorbidae |
| Genus: | Artemidiconus da Motta, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Conus selenae van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967
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Like other species in the superfamily Conoidea these snails are predatory and venomous, able to inject neurotoxins into their prey with their radula.
This genus was added to the family Conorbidae by Tucker & Tenorio (2009) [3]
Species
editThe only known species within the genus Artemidiconus is:
- Artemidiconus selenae (van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967)
References
edit- ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Artemidiconus da Motta, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577954 on 2011-08-12
- ^ Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. (2009) Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, with Keys to the Genera of Cone Shells. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, 295 pp
- da Motta, A.J. (1991) A Systematic Classification of the Gastropod Family Conidae at the Generic Level. La Conchiglia, Rome. 48 pp,.
External References
edit- See image of Artemidiconus selenae (van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_9593.shtml