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Conus nanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Conus nanus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Conus nanus

Similar
  
Conus sponsalis, Conus, Conus mucronatus, Conus moluccensis, Conus mitratus

Conus nanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Contents

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 12 mm and 34 mm. The shell is coronated, with a rather depressed spire, granular striae towards the base. The color of the shell is white, under a thin, light yellowish brown epidermis, obsoletely maculated or occasionally spotted with chestnut. The base is violaceous.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; in the Indo-Pacific Region off Hawaii, (Polynesia, Australia) South Africa

References

Conus nanus Wikipedia