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.

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

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

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.