Artemidiconus selenae
| Artemidiconus selenae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conorbidae |
| Genus: | Artemidiconus |
| Species: | A. selenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Artemidiconus selenae ( Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) [1]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
Artemidiconus selenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.[3]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 19 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 19 mm.[4]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 135 m.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Van Mol, J.-J., Tursch, B., and Kempf, M., 1967. Mollusques Prosobranches: Les Conidae de Brésil. Étude Basée en Partie sur les Spécimens Recueillis par la Calypso. Annals of the Institute of Oceanography, 45 (2 ): 234 -254
- ^ Petit, Richard E. "A review of Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks by Edward J. Petuch."
- ^ a b Artemidiconus selenae (Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
External links
[edit]- The Conus Biodiversity website
- "Artemidiconus selenae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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