Artemidiconus Explained

Artemidiconus is a monospecific genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.^{[1] [2]}

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

The only known species within the genus Artemidiconus is:

• Artemidiconus selenae (van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967)

References

• da Motta, A.J. (1991) A Systematic Classification of the Gastropod Family Conidae at the Generic Level. La Conchiglia, Rome. 48 pp,.

External References

• See image of Artemidiconus selenae (van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_9593.shtml

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20120710161524/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
2. 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
3. Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. (2009) Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, with Keys to theGenera of Cone Shells. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, 295 pp