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Artemidiconus

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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

    Artemidiconus Wikipedia


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