Conus rouxi

Conus rouxi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. rouxi
Binomial name
	Conus rouxi; (Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013)
Synonyms
	Conus (Pionoconus) rouxi (Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013) · accepted, alternate representation; Pionoconus rouxi Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013 (original combination);

Conus rouxi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 53 mm.

This marine species off Northwest Australia.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus rouxi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742457 on 2015-11-22

Eric Monnier, Loïc Limpalaër & Alain Robin (2013), Description of three new species: P. koukae n. sp. from Oman, P. arafurensis n. sp. from Northern Australia and P. rouxi n. sp. from Western Australia; Xenophora Taxonomy N° 1 – Supplément au Xenophora n° 144 – Octobre 2013
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

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