Conus advertex

Conus advertex
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus advertex Garrard, T.A., 1961
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. advertex
Binomial name
Conus advertex (Garrard, 1961)
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Plicaustraconus) advertex (Garrard, 1961) accepted, alternate representation Plicaustraconus advertex (Garrard, 1961) Rhizoconus advertex Garrard, 1961 (original description)

Conus advertex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1][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 the shell varies between 27 mm and 46 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).^[2]

References[]

• 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
• 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[]

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Plicaustraconus advertex". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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