Contraconus
| Contraconus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | †Contraconus Olsson & Harbison 1953 |
| Type species | |
| † Conus adversarius Conrad, 1840 | |
| Synonyms | |
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†Conus (Contraconus) | |
Contraconus is a genus of extinct venomous cone snails from Florida.[1] The type species was discovered in 1840 by Timothy Abbott Conrad.[2] It was originally described as a subgenus of Conus.
References
[edit]- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Contraconus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 †". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
- ↑ page 388 of the American Journal of Science and Art, vol 39. 1840
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