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Conus recurvus

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

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Species

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Conus recurvus

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Conus, Conus patricius, Conus fergusoni, Conasprella perplexa, Conus vittatus

Conus recurvus, common name the recurved 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 variety Conus recurvus var. helenae Schwengel, 1955 is a synonym of Conus scalaris Valenciennes, 1832

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico to Peru; off the Galapagos Islands.

References

Conus recurvus Wikipedia


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