Artemidiconus selenae
| Artemidiconus selenae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conorbidae |
| Genus: | Artemidiconus |
| Species: | A. selenae |
| Binomial name | |
| Artemidiconus selenae ( Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Artemidiconus selenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.[2]
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 an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 19 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 19 mm.[4]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 135 m.[4]
References
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 Artemidiconus selenae (Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
- ↑ Petit, Richard E. "A review of Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks by Edward J. Petuch."
- 1 2 3 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. September 4th 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.
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