Conus adversarius

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.

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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. adversarius
Binomial name
Conus adversarius Conrad, 1840

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.

References

• A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457
• J. R. DuBar. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40:1-267
• A. A. Olsson and R. E. Petit. 1964. Some Neogene Mollusca from Florida and the Carolinas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(217):509-575
• J. R. Hendricks. 2008. The genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 375:1-178