Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Conus pagodus Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Conasprella memiae, Conasprella otohimeae, Conasprella ione, Conasprella, Conus mitratus | ||
Conasprella pagoda, common name the pagoda 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 26 mm and 50 mm. The shell is pear-shaped, broad and angulated at the shoulder, contracted towards the base. The body whorl is closely sulcate throughout, with the sulci striate. The intervening ridges are rounded. The spire is carinate, concavely elevated, with an acute and striate apex. The color of the shell is whitish, obscurely doubly banded with clouds of light chestnut, and the spire maculated with the same.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Vietnam, Philippines and New Caledonia.