''Puncticulis'' is a

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of sea snails,

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gastropod

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s in the genus ''Conus'',

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Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of " cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, group ...

, the

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and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Puncticulis'' Swainson, 1840. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574742 on 2012-01-21Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. In the latest classification of the family Conidae by Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015), ''Puncticulis'' has become a subgenus of ''Conus'' as ''Conus (Puncticulis)'' Swainson, 1840 (type species: ''Conus arenatus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as ''

Conus ''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). ''One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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Species

* ''Puncticulis arenatus'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as '' Conus arenatus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation) * ''Puncticulis pulicarius'' (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) represented as ''

Conus pulicarius ''Conus pulicarius'', common name the flea-bitten cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and v ...

'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (alternate representation) * ''Puncticulis zeylanicus'' (Gmelin, 1791) represented as ''

Conus zeylanicus ''Conus zeylanicus'', common name the obese cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, the ...

'' Gmelin, 1791 (alternate representation) * ''Conus (Puncticulis) caracteristicus'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 represented as ''

Conus caracteristicus ''Conus caracteristicus'', common name the characteristic cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are pred ...

'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 * ''Conus (Puncticulis) vautieri'' Kiener, 1847 represented as ''

Conus vautieri ''Conus vautieri'', common name Vautier's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Conus vautieri'' Kiener, 1845. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' Kiener, 1847

References

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
Conidae Gastropod subgenera {{Conidae-stub