Conus edwardpauli

Conus edwardpauli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. edwardpauli
Binomial name
Conus edwardpauli
Petuch, 1998
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) edwardpauli Petuch, 1998 ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Poremskiconus edwardpauli (Petuch, 1998)
  • Purpuriconus edwardpauli (Petuch, 1998)

Conus edwardpauli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama to Colombia

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus edwardpauli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429051 on 2015-09-17
External identifiers for Conus edwardpauli
WoRMS 429051


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