Artemidiconus selenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.[3]
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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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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.
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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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