Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Genus Conus | |
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Similar Conus, Conus taeniatus, Conus boeticus, Conus neptunus, Conus tenuistriatus | ||
Conus nigropunctatus, common name the black-spot cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
Contents
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The bulbous shell has a convex, striate spire. The body whorl has rounded striate, which are usually obsolete above, granular below. The color is olive, chestnut-, chocolate- or pink-brown, variously marbled and flecked with white, often faintly white-banded below the middle. The shell is encircled by a series of chocolate-colored dots.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and the Western Pacific
References
Conus nigropunctatus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA