# Conus beatrix

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{{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](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''Conus beatrix'' <small>Tenorio, M.J., G.T. Poppe & S. Tagaro, 2007</small>
| authority = Tenorio, [Poppe](/source/Guido_Poppe), & [Tagaro](/source/Sheila_P._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](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc) in the family [Conidae](/source/Conidae), the [cone snails](/source/Conus) 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](/source/predatory) and [venomous](/source/venomous). They are capable of [stinging](/source/stinging) humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

==Description==
The size of the shell varies between 14&nbsp;mm and 31&nbsp;mm.
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thumb|right|Conus beatrix

==Distribution==
This marine species occurs off the [Philippines](/source/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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beatrix
Category:Gastropods described in 2007
Category:Taxa named by Guido Poppe
Category:Taxa named by Sheila P. Tagaro

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