Conus adversarius

Conus adversarius
Temporal range: Zanclean-Gelsian
A specimen of Conus adversarius; note the sinistral shape of the shell, which is unique to the species.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
†C. adversarius
Binomial name
Conus adversarius
Conrad, 1840

Conus adversarius is an extinct species of Conus, a venomous sea snail. The sea snail lived in the southeastern United States. The species lived for over 4 million years in the Pliocene. The species died out in the ice age.

A Conus adversarius shell featuring damage from a predatory sea snail.

Discovery

The first person to find out about the species was Timothy Abbott Conrad. Timothy named the species after the left-handed shape of the shell, which is different from all other Conus species.

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