Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Conus eugrammatus Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Conasprella boholensis, Conasprella memiae, Conasprella otohimeae, Conasprella elegans, Conasprella aphrodite | ||
Conasprella eugrammata, common name the eugrammatus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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Like all species within the genus Conasprella, 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 an adult shell varies between 21 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, from Japan to the Philippines, off Queensland, Australia and in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and probably Madagascar.
References
Conasprella eugrammata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA