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Conus ardisiaceus

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus ardisiaceus

| image =Conus ardisiaceus 1.jpg

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| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus ardisiaceus Kiener, L.C., 1845

| authority = Kiener, 1845

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Raybaudi-Massilia, G. |date=2013 |title=Conus ardisiaceus |volume=2013 |page=e.T192852A2174430 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192852A2174430.en |access-date=3 April 2024}}

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  • Conus (Floraconus) ardisiaceus Kiener, 1850 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ketyconus ardisiaceus (Kiener, 1850)
  • Rhizoconus ardisiaceus (Kiener, 1850)

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Conus ardisiaceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|426361|Conus ardisiaceus Kiener, 1845||27 March 2010}}

Like all species within the genus Conus, 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 24 mm and 55 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Muscat and Oman.

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016 Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
  • [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://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=5082|title=Rhizoconus ardisiaceus|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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ardisiaceus

Category:Gastropods described in 1845

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