{{Short description|Extinct genus of sea urchins}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{For|a synonym of a genus of molluscs|Calliostoma}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Cretaceous {{fossilrange|125.0|65.5}} | image = Ruhrmuseum-Ebene-12-Naturkunde3784.jpg | taxon = Conulus | authority = Leske, 1778 | synonyms = * ''Pyrina'' <small>Des Moulins, 1835</small> }}
'''''Conulus''''' is an extinct genus of echinoids (sea urchins) that lived in the Cretaceous. Remains of ''Conulus'' species have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Conulus'':<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conulus Leske, 1778† |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512589 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * †''Conulus angulatus'' {{small|Tzankov, 1982}} * †''Conulus azerbaidjanensis'' {{small|Melikov}} * †''Conulus campaniformis'' {{small|Melikov & Endel'man, 1963}} * †''Conulus castaneus'' {{small|(Brongniart, 1822)}} * †''Conulus chiapasensis'' {{small|Lambert, 1936}} * †''Conulus chiesai'' {{small|Airaghi, 1939}} * †''Conulus cookei'' {{small|Buitrón, 1974}} * †''Conulus cubensis'' {{small|Sánchez Roig, 1949}} * †''Conulus djanelidzei'' {{small|Gongadze, 1972}} * †''Conulus grauensis'' {{small|Currie, 1943}} * †''Conulus isopyramidatus'' {{small|Melikov}} * †''Conulus kubatliensis'' {{small|Melikov in Halilov & Melikov, 1988}} * †''Conulus lamberti'' {{small|Buitrón, 1974}} * †''Conulus matesovi'' {{small|Moskvin & Poslavskaya, 1959}} * †''Conulus mixtus'' {{small|(Defrance, 1820)}} * †''Conulus mullerriedi'' {{small|Lambert, 1935}} * †''Conulus parravanoi'' {{small|Checchia-Rispoli, 1932}} * †''Conulus praenuntius'' {{small|Carter, 1928}} * †''Conulus rothomagensis'' {{small|(Sismonda, 1844)}} * †''Conulus sanfilippoi'' {{small|Checchia-Rispoli, 1930}} * †''Conulus sinensis'' {{small|Mu & Wu, 1976}} * †''Conulus stephensoni'' {{small|Cooke, 1953}} * †''Conulus subpyramidatus'' {{small|Melikov}} * †''Conulus subrotundus'' {{small|Mantell, 1822}} * †''Conulus tradis'' {{small|Lees, 1928}} * †''Conulus zinai'' {{small|Airaghi, 1939}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * David Ward, ''Fossils'', Smithsonian Handbooks, p. 180 *[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33085 ''Conulus''], Paleobiology Database, accessed 24 January 2011
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Category:Echinoneoida Category:Prehistoric sea urchin genera Category:Cretaceous echinoderms of Asia Category:Cretaceous echinoderms of Europe Category:Cretaceous echinoderms of North America
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