{{Short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus beatrix | image = Conus beatrix 2013 000.jpg | image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of ''Conus beatrix'' <small>Tenorio, M.J., G.T. Poppe & S. Tagaro, 2007</small> | authority = Tenorio, Poppe, & Tagaro, 2007 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Conus (Turriconus) beatrix'' <small>Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007</small> accepted, alternate representation * ''Kurodaconus beatrix'' <small>(Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007)</small> * ''Turriconus beatrix'' <small>(Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus beatrix''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|426396|''Conus beatrix'' Tenorio, Poppe, & Tagaro, 2007||27 March 2010}}</ref>
Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', 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 14 mm and 31 mm. {{Expand section|date=July 2015}} thumb|right|Conus beatrix
==Distribution== This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Tenorio M.J., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2007) ''New Indo-Pacific Conidae with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Conus recluzianus.'' Visaya 2(2): 78–90 * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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== {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea] * [http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_54818.shtml Gastropods.com: <small>Turriconus beatrix</small>] * [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-21454?listIndex=475&listCount=5567 Paratype in MNHN, Paris]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Beatrix}} beatrix Category:Gastropods described in 2007 Category:Taxa named by Guido Poppe Category:Taxa named by Sheila P. Tagaro
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