Artemidiconus

Artemidiconus is a monospecific genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.

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)

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 links

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