Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda | |
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Similar Conus attenuatus, Conus hieroglyphus, Conus flavescens, Conus eximius, Conus cocceus | ||
Conus gradatus, common name the graduated cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
The subspecies Conus gradatus thaanumi Schwengel, 1955i s a synonym of Conus recurvus Broderip, 1833
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to Peru.
References
Conus gradatus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA