Artemidiconus selenae

Artemidiconus selenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conorbidae
Genus:	Artemidiconus
Species:	A. selenae
Binomial name
	Artemidiconus selenae; ( Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967)
Synonyms
	Artemidiconus yemanjae (Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967) ; Conus selenae van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967 (basionym); Conus yemanjae Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967;

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[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 19 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

The maximum recorded shell length is 19 mm.^[4]

Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.^[4] Maximum recorded depth is 135 m.^[4]

^ 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.

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