Login
Login

Conus advertex

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Conus advertex

| image = Conus advertex 1.jpg

| image2 = Conus advertex 2.jpg

| image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus advertex Garrard, T.A., 1961

| authority = (Garrard, 1961)

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

  • Conus (Plicaustraconus) advertex (Garrard, 1961) accepted, alternate representation
  • Plicaustraconus advertex (Garrard, 1961)
  • Rhizoconus advertex Garrard, 1961 (original description)

| display_parents = 3

}}

Conus advertex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus advertex (Garrard, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584762 on 2011-11-06Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp.

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 27 mm and 46 mm.

{{Expand section|date=June 2015}}

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3-38
  • Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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]

External links

  • [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584762 To World Register of Marine Species]
  • [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=5359|title=Plicaustraconus advertex|access-date=15 January 2019}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q5166053}}

advertex

Category:Gastropods described in 1961

{{Conus-stub}}